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MILITARY RECORDS 



Schoharie County Veterans 



FOUR WARS 



COMPILED BY 

GEORGE H. WARNER 

LATE CO. C, 13-tTH N. Y. VOL. IXF. 




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ALBANY, N. Y. 

WEED, PARSONS AND COMPANY, PRINTERS 

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Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, 

By GEOKGE H. WARNER, 

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



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BRRATTA. 

PAGE. Record. 

29. Hendricus Shafer, for 1882 read 1832. 

31. John Snyder, for 1862 read 1782. 

89. Samuel Carey, for Samuel Swan read John Swan. 

135. William Robinson, for 1852 read 1864. 

136. Jeremiah Pitcher, for February 23, 1864, read 1865. 
ITO. Geo. Yeomans. for July read June. 

185. Geo. Settle, for 1864 read 1861. 

198. William C. Brazee, for September 5, 1865, read 1864. 

231. Jacob Parslow, for August 23 read August 28. 

235. Holmes K. Nelson, for October 1863 read 1861. 

289. Hiram Borst, for July 30, 1865 read 1862. 

289. David Borst, for August 26, 1864 read 1862. 

325 . Robert Vaughn, for July 16, 1865 read 1863. 

346. For Stephen Jarvis read Travis. 

350. 144th Inf., for Charlestown read Charleston. 



WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. 

REVEILLE. 

War of the Revolution — Forts aud Defenses — Discipline and Equipment — Committee of 
Safety — Roster of the 15th Regiment of Militia — Riflemen and Rangers — Prison 
Report — Casualties — Roll of Honor — Brothers in the Revolution — Queer Names — 
Index of Names. 

If " he that iiileth his own spirit is mightier than he who taketh 
a city," the private soldier iniist be entitled to recognition in a 
measure equal to his services. There are heroes and there have 
been heroes, but not all of them are mentioned in history, song and 
monumental inscriptions. Service without sacritice cannot be called 
heroism, although many have risen to be honored, by popular ap- 
plause, who have sacrificed nothing ; having no regard for the rights 
of others. Believing that the private soldier, in all American wars, 
who did his full duty in a patriotic spirit, is equally entitled to 
recognition with those of superior rank, and that his name and 
position in the military history of the past should not be lost and 
forgotten, I have attempted this work without excuse or apology. 
The veterans and their friends will not forget that those who fought 
to maintain the rights of "life, liberty and the pui'suit of happiness" 
are entitled the fullest measure of honor and respect. Proper honors 
shown to a worthy servant or benefactor cannot be compassed by 
a banquet, the blare of trumpets, or the thunder of artillery. Such 
spasms subside as the sound dies away, and the smoke disappears, 
while the recipient of the ovation may often be found behind the 
procession or paying the bills. One hundred and fifteen years have 
elapsed since war was declared against the American Colonies by 
England, and yet, after an active service of five years, even the names 
of each militia man of this county cannot be obtained without great 
pains and doubt. Provision has been made by our law-makers to 
make a roster, and record of term of service, of those who served in 



4 ScHOHAKiE County Veterans. 

the several wars, but like many just and important laws, the incum- 
plete execution, or a failure wholly, on the part of those intrusted 
with the work, leaves our sources of information as meager, unsatis- 
factory and perplexing. In the prosecution of this work I have had 
but one object in view — the military record of every citizen of Scho- 
harie county whose home was in the county when he entered the 
service. I recognize the right of any one to make the same effoit 
and to enjoy any honors belonging to it. I admit my interest to i)e 
personal, as gratifying a "hobby," l)ut deny a purpose to profit 
otherwfse. If I please myself and at the same time perform a ser- 
vice for otheis, I see no occasion to make empty excuses or fawning 
platitudes. 

The greatest hero is he who divides an honor with his comi-ades; 
the iireatest coward, he who ascribes all honor to himself. I dis- 
claim any honor in giving my comrades their due; I repudiate the 
title of coward, as I have not aspired to honors or poimlarity. Being 
personally satisfied with my work, through doing all in my power, 
I shall greatly regret any just cause for any dissatisfaction among 
my comrades living or the friends of those dead. 

But few of the graves of Revolutionary men can be found to-day, 
and fewer still have epitaph or sign. Their names are dropping 
out of the roll of memory and their descendants remember but little 
or none of the traditions of their services. With the men of 1812 
we stand on nearer ground, as many of their children are with ns. 
The men of the Mexican war from this county were but a hand- 
ful, and the prosecution of that war was not highly creditable to our 
government. I have embodied in the records' of the veterans such 
facts and data as has been in my power to gather, and such infoi'- 
mation as their friends and descendants have been able or willing to 
give me. The survivors of the Union Army live in the memories of 
the past. Those who were fortunate or unfortunate enough to sur- 
vive the havoc of battle, the hardships of the march, or the hell of 
prison life, and endured and suffered in an humble capacity, and 
made their sacrifices through patriotism, are not especially men- 
tioned in "Orders" at the present day, nor are they called ten paces 
to the front to receive honors at our "dress parades." A vast arm}' 
has ])assed over the graves of those who perished and the weary and 
fainting bodies of those who survive, and in its struggle for gain 
antl honors, is fast losing respect for the survivors of the skirmish 
line which cleared the way. Words do not win battles, in honoi'ahlo 
warfare. Words may win fame and popularity, but I question the 



War of the Kevolution. 5 

lioiior or right when tlie silent servant is obscured bj the joj raised 
by the trumpeter. 

Copy of Commission issued 1778, 

The People of the State of New York, by the Grace of God Fkee 
and Independent — Greeting; We reposing special Trust and Con- 
fidence as well in your Patriotism, Conduct and Loyalty, as in 3-our 
Valor and Readiness to do us good and faithful Service, Have ap- 
pointed and constituted, and l)y these Presents X>6», appoint and con- 
stitute you the Said Johnathan Bixby, Captain of the Company of 
Militia in the Beat wherein you reside, in the Regt. whereof Peter 
Van Ness Esquire, is Col. 

You are therefore to take the said Company into your charge and 
care as Captain thereof and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers 
of that Company in Arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you 
as their Captain, and you are also to Observe and follow such Orders 
and Directions as you shall from time to time receive from our Gen- 
eral and Connnander-in-chief of the Militia of our said State, or any 
other your Superior Officer, According to the Rules and discipline of 
War, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you, and for so doing This 
shall be Your Commission^ for and during our good pleasure, to be 
Signified by our Council of appointments. In Testimony whereof, we 
have caused our Seal for Military Commissions to be liereunto Af- 
fixed. Witness our Trusty and well beloved George Clinton Esquire, 
our Governor of our State of New York, General and Commander 
in chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by 
and with the Advice and Consent of our said Council of AjDpoint- 
ment, at Pouglikeepsie the twenty eighth day of May in the second 
year of our Independence, and in the year of our Lordowki thousand 
seven hundred and seventy eight. Passed the Secretarys Office. 
The 15th June 1778. George Clinton. 

By his excellency s Command. 

Jon' Morris Scott. 

Secretary of the State. 



WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. 

Previous to the declaration of war against the American Colonies 
by England, several of the inhabitants of the county had served in 
the British cause against the French, and a few were holding official 



6 ScHOUAKiE County Veterans. 

positions in the Colonial Militia thronu-li commissions from the Knig: 
notably, Peter B. Vroman and Adam Chrysler. Late in the year 
■1775 an enrollment was made of men for service against the Cro^yn, 
and in defense of the rights of the Colonists. Yroman esponsed the 
Patriot canse and \vas commissioned commander of the Militia in 
what is now Schoharie county. His neighbor, Adam Chrysler, adhered 
to the cause of the King and was giyen a captaincy, and tlie com- 
mand of the few Tories and Indians who were induced to make war 
against the Patriots. Like all men who turn against the apparently 
weaker party, in the expectation of gaining position and profit, his 
acts and methods were reyengefnl and barbarous. From the time 
of tlie settlement of the yalley of Schoharie and its tributary sec- 
tions— Cobleskill, Turlach and the Fox Creek Valley, nntil the in- 
vasion of 1777, the inhabitants had worked industriously to build up 
houses and increase their resources and incomes. So well had they 
succeeded, that they were able to produce for others, and the surplus 
wheat from Schoharie valley became one of the important factors of 
assistance to the Provincial government. 

The products of the valley and the homes and lives of its inhabit- 
ants became objects for the care and protection of the home rulers, 
and at the same time marked subjects for the torch, tomahawk, and 
seal ping-knife of the foreign aggressor. Just previous to and at the 
time of the first invasion of the valley the sentiments or politics of 
the inhabitants became pronounced, and the distinction between 
Tory and Rebel neighbors became marked. Brother opposing 
brother, and son against father, in several instances. The Rebel 
of the Revolution was the man who had, and whose ancestors had, 
labored to make a liome in a new land, and not only believed in his 
rights of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," but that the 
preservation of all the fruits of his toil, and his freedom to enjoy 
them, depended on resisting an avaricious and exacting foreign 
power to the last, A Tory of the Revolution was that ubiquitous 
thing, existing in every period of tlie Avorld's history, who had no 
patriotism and less courage, and who hoped for success of the power- 
ful invader, that he might be allotted the lands and home of his 
thrifty neighbor, as a reward for being a scoundrel. The term " Tory " 
is supposed to be of Irish derivation, and meaning "a robber." 
If the descendants of the Palatinates and others who settled in Scho- 
harie county had cause for hatred of England previous to the Revo- 
lution, we may infer that they had far greater cause for hatred when 
that power, their so-called foster father, employed savage Indians to 



War of the Revolution. 7 

despoil their homes, murder their cliihJren, and kill, scalp or lead 
into captivity the men who defended their new homes against 
foreign oppression. When Tory neighbors sheltered and enter- 
tained their savage allies, and gave "aid and comfort" to the 
enemy of our "Deutsche'' ancestry, the " donner vetter blixen, 
und ver dom," consigned the Tory to eternal disgrace. In the be- 
ginning of the year 1776, two delegates from Schoharie met with 
the General Council at Albany to devise plans for mutual safety 
and protection, and to make public declaration of their allegiance to 
American Independence, and opposition to the acts of the British 
Parliament. In June of the same year a local " Committee of 
Safety," of six persons, was appointed to order and regulate the af- 
fairs of public interest. As vacancies occurred in this board or com- 
mittee, from time to time, during the six years in which its existence 
was a necessity, new appointments were made, so that historians tell 
us fourteen of the prominent men of that day served as " Com- 
mittee Men " during the war. 

In 1775 a regiment of Militia was organized in the Albany dis- 
trict, which included three companies from Schoharie under Colonel 
Vroman, who with the commissioned officers of the three companies 
received their appointments Oct, 2()th of that year. A fourth com- 
pany was organized in the Cobleskill in 1777, and in 1778 a fifth 
company was enrolled in the " Turlach " settlement ; but owing to 
predominating Toryism, the company disbanded; some of its mem- 
bers beingattached to the Fourth and First Companies ; others serv- 
ing as scouts and rangers ; while a few were enrolled in the Tryon 
County Militia. The four companies were assigned to the Fifteenth 
Eegiment of Militia and Levies of New York. They served on de- 
tail and detachments along the Mohawk until the fore part of the year 
1777, when they were recalled, and held in readiness for an ex- 
pected invasion of the valley. 

On the 7th of July, 1777, a general order was issued, requiring the 
posting of sentinels, and such stringent military regulations as the 
peril of the times demanded. After such preparations had been 
made as to give a greater feeling of security, a part of the Militia 
were again detached to join General Gates, who was then opposing 
the British under Burgoyne. But, suddenly, the inhabitants of the 
valley were aroused from their fancied security, by the approach of 
the British Captain McDonald with twenty-eight Regulars. The in- 
vading force being joined by a party of Tories and Indians under 
Adam Chrysler, numbered, according to Simms, about one hundred 



8 Schoharie Col^nty Veterans. 

men. The alarmed Colonists dispatclied messengers to Albany, 
for assistance, who were followed by Colonel Harper, who had jnst 
arrived in the valley, and who commanded the defenses in this val- 
ley and all the outposts to the south and west. Colonel Harper secured 
a reinforcement of a company of cavahy and jDroceeded to Schoharie, 
where he was joined by the remaining Militia, and then proceeded 
as far as Boueks Island, meeting the enemy in ambush at the Chrys- 
ler farm, north of wiiat is now the Boueks Island Ferry. The 
Patriots were met by an unexpected volley from the enemy, who were 
immediately routed b}" a charge of the cavalry, which closed the en- 
gagement. This first battle in Schoharie county took place Aug. 
11, 1777, and as before stated, near the uppei' limit of the present vil- 
lage of Fultonham. The loss to the Patriots was one man of the 
cavalry killed, and two of the Militia wounded; one mortally. Dur- 
ing the latter part of the year 1777, three forts or stockades were 
built in the valley, as described elsewhere. In the latter ])art of May, 
1778, spies of the enemy were discovered in the vicinity of Coble- 
skill. Captain Christian Brown, commanding the Fourth Company of 
Militia, dispatched a messenger to the lower fort for assistance, and 
was reinforced by Captain Patrick with forty men of the Continental 
Army. — Simms."" 

The combined foi'ce of the Patriots is given as fifty-seven men. 
Captain Patrick, being in command of the troops, proceeded up the 
valley as far as the house of George Warner, Sr., then standing in 
what is now Warnerville and opposite the intersection of the Hynds- 
ville road. Yvom this place the enemy could be seen skulking far- 
ther up the valley. It must be remembered that the inhabitants of 
these valleys lived with Indian neighbors for many years, and had 
become familiar with their tricks and devices, so that when now and 
then an Indian discovered himself, they rightly feared it to be a ruse 
to lead them into a trap. With the commander it was otherwise. 
He led his little band directly into the snare prepared by Chief Brandt, 
"aTid, suddenly as the burst of a suppressed volcano, the fire of two 
hundred rifles was poured in the faces of his little band. After the 
volley from the enemy, the surviving Patriots sprang to trees, to con- 
tend with the foe on more C(jual footing ; but a breathing spell revealed 
the hopelessness of the situation. Patrick with nearly one-half of the 

*I find but one "Captain Patrick " in the roster of New York troops, 
both Militia and Continental; Samuel Patrick was commissioned captain of the 
Cantshook Company in the East Orange or Cornwall Regiment of Militia in Feb., 
1776. No mention of his death is made in the roster. 



War of the Eevolution. 9 

entire force had been killed or mortally wounded ; the enemy out- 
numbered them six to one, and total extinction appeared near at 
hand. Realizing this, Captain Brown ordered those remaining tore- 
treat. The enemy, in pursuit, burned the.Warner house and two men 
within, who had stojiped in the retreat, and were using it as a bar- 
ricade, and continuing their tire on the enemy from the windows. 
The strength of the enemy on this occasion has been given as two hun- 
dred ; their loss not given. Tiie Patriot los^s had been given as 
twenty-two Continentals killed and eight wounded, five Militia 
killed and three wounded. A part of these losses were sustained 
after the retreat began, as the Pati-iots contested the way for some 
time afterward.* 

In an old register of the Lutheran Church of Schoharie, now in pos 
session of Mrs. Martin Luther Shafer, and which I was kindly per- 
mitted to examine, I find in the records of deaths under date of May 
29, 1778, the names of tiie five men killed at the "battle of Coble- 
skill." Without doubt, the battle of Cobleskill occurred on the 29t]i 
of May, 1778. Brandt followed up his victory by burning houses and 
other property belonging to the Patriots, sparing only such as the 
resident Toi'ies hoped to come into possession of through confisca- 
tion. The Patriots and their families fled to the lower fort or concealed 
themselves in the forests and in the bushes along the banks of the 
streams. 

The result of this conflict compelled the inhabitants, except Tories, 
to abandon their homes and take up their residence at the Lower 
Fort. It also encouraged their Tory neighbors to commit more open 
acts of hostitit}'. From this time forth the small Militia force was 
reinforced by different bodies of Militia from adjoining districts. . 
Late in the year, a block-house was erected, under the supervision of 
Colonel Duboise. at the present eastern limit of the village of Coble- 
skill, and during the winter this officer made the head-quarters of his 
regiment at Schoharie. In May, 1780, Chrysler with a small band 
appeared in Turlach, now Seward, captured nine prisoners and re- 
turned to Canada. On August 8, following, he appeared in the 
Vroman's land, burned a few houses, murdered a few inhabitants 
and captured thirty prisoners. Previous to the raids of May and 
June, and in Api'il of the same year, a party of thii'teen men, under 

*In Author Simms' First History the date of the battle of Cobleskill is given as 
June 1, 1778. In his later work," The Frondiers of New York," he gives the 
same date, but in a foot-note he quotes an extract from " Campbell's Annals," 
which fixes the date of the battle at May 29. 
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10 Schoharie County Veterans. 

the command of Captain Alexander Harper, who had been sent to the 
head of tlie Delaware to " make maple sugar " and overlook the con- 
duct of suspected persons residing in that vicinity, were surprised, 
three killed, and the remainder taken prisoners by Chief Brandt, with 
a strong party of Indians and Tories. Returning in the same year 
to October 17, we find Colonel Johnson, of the British Army, steal- 
ing past tiie Upper Fort at daylight, at the head of about one thou- 
sand Regulars, Indians and Tories, with the intent of capturing the 
Middle Fort and laying waste the entire vallev. His forces were 
discovered by Peter Feek, who hastened to the Upper Fort and gave 
the alarm. The "warning gun " was llred, and the forces at the 
Middle Fort, being apprised of their danger, prepared for action; 
while Johnson, aware that he was discovered, began the work of 
desti'uction — burning houses, barns and grain stacks, and stealing 
horses and cattle. Previous to this time a company of riflemen had 
been sent to reinforce the Schoharie Militia. Of this company the 
famous Murphey and Ellerson were members, and were among the 
defenders of the Middle Fort, and were of the party sent out as 
skirmishei'6, previous to the investment of the fort. Johnson 
opened the attack by firing shells from a small mortar, and solid 
shot from a small field piece which had been carried in parts, and 
had been remounted before the attack. Tlie solid shot passed over, 
and beyond the fort, while the shells from the mortar did no far- 
ther damage than frightening an invalid lady to death, and covering 
a frightened old l)achelor with feathers. Following his bombard- 
ment, Johnson sent a flag of truce in an attempt to gain some 
knowledge of the strength of the fort and the number of its de- 
. fenders. But at each of two or more trials, the flag xvas fired upon 
before the beai'er could approach near enough to gain the desired 
information. According to the evidence of history, Murphey fired 
on the flag at its first appearance, and Martinus Zielie on the second; 
while Murphey held his fire to shoot Major Woolsey in case he at- 
tempted to execute his threat, "to run the man through who fired 
on the flag again." This " Major Woolsey " is spoken of as a "Con- 
tinental officer." At the time above referred to he was a major in 
Colonel Duboies' regiment of Militia, but, previous to being com- 
missioned in the regiment, he had been appointed ensign of a com- 
pany in the Fourth Battalion of the Line authorized by Congress in 
177t). He cai-ried the attractive name of Meiancthon Lloyd Woolsey 
and no doubt was a "helium follow" on dress parade, but Murphey 
and the spunky Dutchmen at the Middle Foil would not recognize 



War of the Kevolutiojst. 11 

his authority to surrender their scalps to Johnson and his Indian 
followers. 

After his failure to i^ain a knowledge of affairs within the fort, 
Johnson resumed his firing for a short time, and then departed 
down the valley, destroying and driving away the property of the 
Patriots, and spai'ing that of the Tories. Author Simms estimates 
the number engaged in the defense of the Middle Fort at between 
thi'ee and four hundred. At the Lower Fort, Johnson found the 
Rebels " at home," and prepared to receive him with their " Grasshop- 
per " at the gate, and their riflemen in the tower. Contenting him- 
self with a brief halt, and a few shots from his artillery, he passed on 
to near Sloansville, where he encamped for the niglit. On the fol- 
lowing morning. Colonel Vroman, with as many men as could be 
safely spared from the forts, started in pursuit, picking off strag- 
glers and liarassing Jolmson's rear as far as the Mohawk. On the 
same day, the 18th, and while the Patriots were in pursuit of 
Johnson, Philip Chrysler, with Seths Henry and a Ijand of Tories 
and Indians, appeared in Turlach, murdered Merclay, Catharine, his 
niece, and two boys, and withtliree white children and several slaves 
as prisoners, made their retreat to Niagara, by way of Charlotte 
Yalley. In November, 1781, another raid was made on Yronian's 
land by Chrysler, in which he succeeded in killing one man, Isaac 
Vroman, and stealing several head of cattle and horses, and burning 
two houses. The raiders were overtaken on the following day near 
Jefferson Lake by a small force of Schoharie Militia under Captahi 
Hager, and a company of Militia of the Ninth Battalion under Cap- 
tain Hale. Owing to the cowardice of Hale, Hager was compelled 
to fall back, after making an attack. Through the efforts of Hager 
and Murphey, Hale and his forces were rallied, and upon the arrival 
of Colonel Vroman with an additional force of forty men, the pur- 
suit was continued until the trail was lost, when the Patriots I'e- 
turned to the valley. During the September previous, a party of 
Indians under the leadership .of a " Tory from New Rhinebeck " — 
that neighborhood now known as Lawyersville — made a second I'aid 
through the Cobleskill Valley, and burned all the houses except the 
dwellings of Peter and John Shafer, and the recentlj^ erected Fort 
Duboise. 

On the 10th of July, 1781, an engagement took place in the 
present town of Sharon between forces under Colonel Willett, and a 
plundering party of Tories and Indians under one Docksteder. But 
few Schoharie men were engaged in this afifan-, such as lived in the 



12 ScHOHAEiE County Vetera xs. 

western limits and were enrolled under Willett. From the latter part 
of 1781 until the declaration of peace, the settlements of Schoharie 
escaped further invasion, although an attempt to capture Major 
Becker was made on July 26, 1782, and in December following, 
George Warner, Sr., was captured and taken to Canada, 

It is to be hoped that some one will rise up and be equal to the 
task of writing a full and connected account of the troubles and trials 
of our ancestors. From the foregoing and the "Personal Records" 
hereafter given, we find precedents confirming England as the " Old 
Oppressor. The tomahawk, war club, scalping knife and prison 
ships, stimulated by British gold, were her instruments for subju- 
gation during the Revolution. At a later day, the binding of rebel- 
lions Sepoys to the muzzles of cannon, to be blowti to shreds, was a 
punishment for rebelling against her avarice. The prison pens of 
Belle Isle, Salisbury, Andersonville and Florence and the bloodshed 
and woe which followed the unfurling of the " Stars and Bars " were 
but the consequences of her sympathy, encouragement and gobbling 
propensities ; while to-day we find her proffering golden guineas, as 
purchase-money for American industries, and for the scalps of 
American workmen. In giving the personal record of the Revolu- 
tionary men of Schoharie there are many omissions ; many interesting 
facts and dates being beyond recovery. It is a roll call of the dead. 
In some cases I have endeavored to gather facts from conflicting tes- 
timony, and may have arrived at erroneous conclusions. 



FORTS AND DEFENSES OF THE REVOLUTION. 

The Lower Fort. 

In 1772, the people living at and in the vicinity of the present vil- 
lage of Schoharie made common cause in the erection of a place 
for worship, by contributing money, labor, and material. The re- 
sult of their efforts stands on the eastern limit of the village and is 
known as the " Old Stone Fort." Five years after its erection it 
was selected as a place of defense against threatened invasions, and 
it was inclosed by a stockade, within which temporary shelter was 
provided for the families and non-combatants residing in the neigh- 
borhood. From its tower much of the surrounding country could 
be overlooked, and as was the case during Johnson's i-aid, i-iflemen 
could make it unsafe for the enemy to a]")proa('h from any direction. 



War of the Revolution. 13 

Tiie "Stone Church" was used for some years after the Revolution 
as a house of worsh.ip, and later as an arsenal, having become tlie 
propei'ty of the State. At a i-ecent date, title was conveyed by the 
State to the county, and afterward by the county to the Schoharie 
County Historical Society, as a museum of antiquities. It appears 
that, after the completion of the building, many who contributed 
toward its erection employed the masons or " boss " mason, to carve 
their names on the more conspicuous stones, charging for the work 
a sum which other contributors considered exorbitant, and would 
not pay ; feeling it to be unjust, after contributing to the work. 
We are then to infer that the names of all who assisted in building 
this historical ediiice are not inscribed on it. It is unfortunate, in- 
deed, that the name of every person who assisted in the building of 
this well-preserved relic of Revolutionary times cannot be given. 

After a lapse of one hundred and eighteen years some of these in- 
scriptions appear as if cut within a decade. Johannis Ball, Peter 
Ball, Jacob Bartiiolomew, George Becker, Johannis Becker, Willem 
Brown, Archibald Camell, Christina Cambell, Josiah Clark, Wil- 
liam Dietz B. M., Joiiannis Dietz, John Dominick, JohanesEnders, 
William Enders, Peter Enders, Jacob Enders, Jacob Enders, Jr., John 
Eckerson, Wilhehn Hammer, Johannes Lawyer, Esq., Christina Law- 
yer, Marcus Rickert, Johanes Rickert, Catharina Rickert, Nicholas 
Ri(^kert, Christian Richtmyer, Peter Schneider B. M., Jacob Schney- 
der, Philip Schuyler, Jolian Schuyler, Anna Schuyler, Peter Schuyler, 
Dennis Swart, Bartho's Swart, Josias Swart, Gertriiy Swart, Lor- 
rens Schulcraft, Harmoneus Sittenich, Bartholmeus Yroman, Anna 
ZielHe, Adam Zimmer, Jacob Zimmer, Henry Worth, Johannes 
Worth, Maria Elizabeth Worth. 

The Middle Fort. 

About one-half mile east of the railroad depot, and a few rods to 
the left of the railway, as you approach Middleburg, stands tlie stone 
kitchen of the house of Johannes Becker, a " well-to-do " man at 
the time of the Revolution, Owing to its size and strength, and 
perhaps the interest felt by the proprietor, this building was selected 
as the " citadel" of the "'Middle Fort'' and which, tradition tells 
us, was inclosed, with two or three acres of land, by a stockade. 
Within the stockade, and around the Becker Mansion, were erected 
temporary barracks and dwellings for the troops sent from abroad to 
assist the home guards, and for the accommodation of the families 
living in the vicinity, during an expected invasion. Nothing re- 



14 Schoharie County Veterans. 

mains of the Middle Fort to day but a little stone kitchen. The im- 
agination must create the rest. Here the " Bowld Soger Boys ' ' from 
the outside world came from time to time to show their military skill 
and buttons^ eat tlie "kraut" and "liverwurst" provided by the 
" gutefraus," and flirt with the Low Dutch lassies. Within this 
stockade, Bartholomew C. Yroman espoused his cousin Susanna, and 
from its gate, Lieutenant Boyd went forth to meet the fnlflllment of 
the curse pronounced upon him by the girl whom he had betrayed, 
and whose honor he refused to restore. 

The Upper Fort. 

Go with me, on foot if you like, from Middleburg to a point on the 
Fultonham road, a little over half way between tlie lower and upper 
village ; then look square to the left, and at a distance of nearly half 
a mile, and you will see an apple tree standing on a small knoll. 
This knoll is the original Feek burial-ground, and nea?' it stood the 
dwelling of Johannes Feek, which was inclosed by a stockade and 
called the Upper Fort. This fort was at no time seriously assaulted; 
its connnander being well known by the enemy as a good man to 
keep away from. In the ground referred to lie the ashes of the 
mutilated bodies of Captain Tennis Yroman, his wife and son, and 
of the wife and daughter of Lieutenant Ephraim Yroman, No line 
or letter is found to designate the resting-place, of any except one, 
1770, Marget Feck. 

Fort Duboise. 

After the battle of Cobleskill, the Patriots of the valley were com. 
pelled to seek shelter and protection for their families with the people 
at the Lower Fort, to the great inconvenience of all. In the spring 
and summer of 1781 a fort or large block-house was built, at what is 
now the eastern limit of the village of Coi)Ieskill, under the super- 
vision of Colonel Lewis Duboise. We read that it was inclosed by a 
])aling or stockade, and which also inclosed the house of Peter Shafer. 
This fort served the families of some of the Patriots in good stead 
during a second invasion of the valley, and a better security against 
their Tory neighbors, to whom they had become openly hostile. 

A hloch-house, sutticiently strong to protect inmates from ordi- 
nary attacks, and provided with loopholes or s])accs cut in the logs, 
through which a tire could be directed upon the enemy, was built at 
or near tlie present site of Central Bridge. 



War of the Ee volution. 15 

DISCIPLINE AXD EQUIPMENT OF SCHOHARIE 

MILITIA. 

On the 7th of July, 1777, a general order from the "Committee 
of Safety" was issued, requiring sentinels to be kept posted at four 
specified stations, and imposing a line upon those who neglected to 
serve on such duty. The details for service of this kind- were made 
no doubt from the enrollment on the " turn and turnabout" system. 
The order also required, that " all persons betAveen the ages of six- 
teen and fifty years" should "bring their arms and accoutrements, 
when they attend meeting on Sundaj' or any other day," under 
penalty of a fine of "three shillings New York currency." Cinder 
the Militia bill passed by the Provincial Congress of New York, 
August 22, 1775, all company officers were to be elected by votes 
of the privates, and two members of the Committee of Safety were 
to conduct the election. The officers of the company were : One 
captain, two lieutenants, one ensign, four sergeants, four corporals, 
one clerk, one drummer, and one fifer. It will be seen that the com- 
missioned and non-commissioned officers were the same in numl^er in 
the Revolution, as in the last war, except in the case of corporals. Be- 
ing Militia and home guards, perhaps each corporal had a duplicate at 
home, and in that case " we corporals " would be properly repre- 
sented in all M^ars. The bill, before referred to, further required 
that " every man between the ages of sixteen and fifty, do, with all 
convenient speed, furnish himself with a good musket or firelock, and 
bayonet, sword or tomahawk, a steel ramrod, worm, priming wire 
and brush fitted thereto, a cartouch box to contiiin twenty-three 
rounds of cartridges, twelve flints, and a knapsack agreeable to 
the directions of the Continental Congress, under forfeiture of five 
shillings for the want of a musket or firelock, and of one shillino: for 
the want of a bayonet, sword or tomahawk, cartridge box, cartridge 
or bullet, the whole to be Judged by the captain or next command- 
ing officer." "That each company do meet the first Monday in 
every month and spend four hours in each of the said days to perfect 
themselves in military discipline." " That at least twice a year the 
captains of every company of Militia shall deliver to the colonel of 
the regiment a true and complete roll containing the names of all 
the men belonging to his company." Militia or " general " training 
days of fifty years ago are well remembered by the old boys of the 
present day. They remember the fierce fellow with the gun and 
bayonet who " cleared the ground," the long strings of men who 



16 Schoharie County Veterans. 

"right wheeled," "left wheeled " and went ahead, the galloping 
"ginerals," the shouting colonels, the ramrod majors, the fuming 
captains, the blustering ensign, the sergeants and corporals, scarcely 
visible, and above all, the "gineral training ginger bread." 

It is told of a certain lieutenant who became dissatisfied with the 
military bearing of one of his men, while on drill during the last war, 
and instructed him in this way — " drow oudt yer schdumick, — look 
tierce, — look like hell, — look like me ! " We can easily imagine how 
warlike the Schoharie Militia appeared on their parade ground, and 
how sturdily Johannes, Pieter, Joust, Stoffel, and Hendricus stamped 
the ground when " der gommbanie " made " der richt veel.'" For 
was not Eve Ann, Peggy, Gertruy Cin-istina and Jannetie stand- 
ing by the fence to see them " cooni roundt." The homespun uni- 
form of our ancestors, the rude mechanism of their arms, and the 
clumsiness of their movements on parade, would no doubt excite 
derision from the dainty Militiaman of the present day, but we 
should remember that men stood in the ranks of that rough soldiery 
and gave us a home of our own. 



COMMITTEE OF SAFETY. 

In the selections made by our forefathers, we find that they were 
wise, and that but one of the number chosen proved false to the 
trust. Although several members of this committee were not enrolled 
and did not perform such military duty as the term might imply, 
their services as a war committee appeal' so intimately connected with 
the services of those who did bear arms, that I give them a place in 
the militaiy family. 

Johannes Ball, Chairman, 

was chosen chairman at the organization of the committee, and 
held that position during the war. He was a marked man from the 
first, and a subject for capture or assassination, but escaped all harm, 
though at times in an apparently ])rovide]itial manner. The date of 
his death I have l)een unable to obtain. Two sons, Peter and Mattice, 
were enrolled in the First Company, as will be found. It is evident 
that his services as a war statesman were invaluable, and if tradition 
be true that he was the father of twenty-two children, he was not the 
man to yield to a King. A great grandson and grandson of Peter, 
Geortre Ball of Sharon, survives him. William Ball of Schoharie 



War of the Kevolution. 17 

and Harvey Ball of Esperance are grandsons of Chairman Ball and 
his second wife. 

Pieter — Peter Vrooman, Colonel, 

retained his position on the committee, as secretary, during its 
existence. 

Joseph Becker 

with his three brothers were enrolled in the service and are ac- 
counted for in the roster. 

George Warner, Sr., 

was born in Wittenberg, German}', June 24, 1720, removed to 
America at the age of twenty-four, and at the time of the Revolu- 
tion lived at what is now Warnerville, and had three sons, Nicholas 
and Geo., Jr., enrolled in the service, and David, "a lad of twelve 
years." Efforts to capture him failed until December 9, 1782, when 
"Seths Henry" with a party of six Indians, who had been sent 
from Canada, through heavy snow, for the express purpose, suc- 
ceeded in taking him and his son Nicholas prisoners. The party en- 
camped for the night near what is now Richmondville, and at the 
entrance to Brooker Hollow. Late in the night Nicholas escaped, 
but his father remained a prisoner and followed his captors to Can- 
ada. From Niagara he was sent to " Rebel Island " and given parole 
liberty. During his captivity he was treated with comparative kind- 
ness, and after remaining eleven months and being sworn to secrecy, 
he was exchanged. Died June, 1815, aged 95. His wife Dorsa 
died May, 1817, aged 91. 

A great-great-grandson. Lieutenant Geo. W. Snyder, U. S. A., 
died in the service during the war for the Union. His grandsons 
Marcus and John Warner served in the war of 1812. Granddaugh- 
ter, Mrs. John Llynds. Great-grandson Sylvester Warner. Great- 
great-grandson, Marcus D. 

Peter U. Zielie, Lieutenant-Colonel. 

Joseph Borst, 

served in the Militia and accounted for. 

Peter Becker, 

enrolled in Captain Becker's company for service abroad. 
3 



18 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Peter Swart, 

no positive data concerning this man. It is barely possible that he 
was the " Peter Swart, ensign," who was very young at the beginning 
of tlie war. 

William Zimmer, 

" of Breakabeen," is referred to by Sinims as proving disloyal to 
the Patriots. 

William Dietz 
had a son William, Jr., enrolled for service, 

Samuel Vroman, 

a merchant, resided in Lower Vroman's Land, and enrolled for 
service. Father of "Susannah." 

Adam Vroman, 

supposed to have been a grandson of Adam the first, and son of the 
first Peter, and grand or great-grandfather of Dow J. Vroman of 
Middlebnrg, N. Y. Died October 28, 1822, aged 88. 

Jacob Zimmer 

resided in the eastern portion of the county. Had four sons, Peter, 
George, Adam and William, — not the committeeman — enrolled for 
service. Great granddaughters, Lovina Bigelow, Elmina Weidman, 

Nicholas Sternberg 

had four sons enrolled for service — Abrara, David, Jacob and 
Lambert. Grandsons surviving, Abraham of Seward and Levi. 

Sebastian France 

has been referred to in one instance as a committeeman, but I find 
nothing more to corroborate the statement. It is very probable 
that he was consulted on matters of interest to the Patriots, as he 
was a firm supporter of their cause, and resided in a Tory neighbor- 
hood. 



War of the Revolution. 19 

THE ROSTER. 

During the Revolntioii an enrollment of Militia was made at 
several ditt'erent times, and whei'e a detachment or detail was made 
np for special service, a special company roll was no donbt kept. 
When the members of the Cobleskill company were obliged to 
make theii- head-quarters at Schoharie they were again enrolled 
under Captain Stubrach in the First Company. Many members of 
the First and Third Companies were enrolled alternately under the 
two captains. In making np the roster of State troops for the 
archives of the Revolution, the editor evidently had the different 
muster-rolls to compile from, and put down every name he found 
regardless of evident repetition, or like the Irishman at Donny- 
brook fair, hit a head when he saw it. In the roster of Schoharie 
Militia he has multiplied, in this way, the actnal number by two or 
more. I have endeavored by careful investigation to muster each 
man but once, and in his proper company, and credit him with ser- 
vice in other companies, if he evidently served elsewhere. The ser- 
vice of many of these men extended no farther than a compliance 
with the regulations existing, serving as sentinels or as messengers, 
a fact which may be referred to when there is no special mention 
of service. The descendants of many have'passed beyond discovery, 
while those of others are unable to give their generation, and the 
name of their Revolutionai-y ancestor. The date of death of many 
cannot be found, no record being kept, and no epitaph set up. 



ROLL CALL OF THE REVOLUTION. 

Field and Staff — Fifteenth Regiment, New Yokk Militia, 

Pieter — Peter Vroman, Colonel, 

born in 1T3G, commissioned captain nnder the Crown and served 
against the French on the frontier. Before the Revolution he was 
made major of Militia, but when war was declared, he espoused the 
cause of the Colonies and was connnissioned colonel of Militia by 
the Provincial Congress of New York, from date of October 20, 
1775, remaining in command of the Militia from the beginning to 
the close of the war, except Mdien reinforcements were sent to the 
valley, and when the immediate command of the troops was trans- 



20 Schoharie County Veterans. 

ferret! to the visitiui^ cominandant by reason of courtesy, or 
seniority of rank. During Johnson's invasion he took part in the 
defense of the Middle Fort by issuing the ammunition himself, that 
the men might not know tlie scantiness of the supply, and en- 
couraging them to make every shot count. On this occasion he re- 
buked Major Woolsey for cowardice, and assumed the command 
himself. In addition to his military service, he held the office of 
Secretary for the Committee of Safety, served as delegate to the 
General Committee, and filled other important positions of trust. 
Died December 29, 1793, leaving but one child, a daughter. Great- 
grandchildren, Wm. Dietz, Nancy Merrill, Louisa Boughton, Kate 
Brown, Mrs. Harry Hull and Mrs. John Mann. Great-great- 
grandson, Henry Cady. 

Pieter — Peter U, Zielie, Lieutenant-Colonel, 

resided near the Middle Fort. Was appointed lieutenant-colonel, 
October 20, 1775, and re-appoiuted February 20, 1778. He accom- 
panied the troops in the attack on McDonald and Chrysler, and as- 
sisted in the defense of the Middle Fort at the time of Johnson's 
invasion. He was also a member of the Committee of Safet^^ 
Died February 26, 1798, aged 51 years, leaving two daughters. 

Thomas Eckerson, Jr., First Major, 

resided at Middleburgh; received his appointment, October 20, 1775; 
re-appointed to same rank, February 20, 1778, and continued in 
same grade until the close of the war. Served with the forces from 
the Middle Fort. Date of death not positively known; supposed to 
be January 12, 1806. 

Joost — Joseph Becker, Second Major, 

resided east of the Lower Foit and one mile west of Gallupville. 
He was one of four brothers in the Militia service. Was commis- 
sioned October 20, 1775, and re-appointed February 20, 1778. Dur- 
ing Johnson's invasion, he commanded the forces at the Lower Fort, 
and conducted the defense with such spirit as to cause Johnson to 
" pass by on the other side." On July 26, 1782, an attempt to cap- 
ture him at his home, was made by a party of Indians under Chrys- 
ler. Assisted by his wife. George Shell, and John Hutt, he defended 
his home with such obstinacy and loss to the enemy, that they were 
obliged to return to Canada without the major, whom they had come 
so far to capture. Died August 21, 1806, aged GS. Great-grand- 
son, Rufus Posson. 



War of the Revolution. 21 

Lorrens — Lawrence Schoolcraft — Schulecraft, Sr., 
Adjutant, 

resided at Sclioharie. Appointed adjutant, October 20, 1775, and re- 
appointed February 20, 177S. He contributed to the erection of the 
Lower Fort. 

Pieter — Peter Ball, Q. M., 

resided at Schoharie. Appointed quarter-master, February 20, 1778. 
In addition to regimental duties lie superintended the transportation 
of the surplus wheat raised in the valley to the Continental supply 
stations at Albany, and posts farther north. Died June 19, 1838, 
aged 85. Grandsons,[George, Barnabas. Great-grandson, Frederick. 

First Company, Fifteenth Regiment, New York Levies and 

Militia. 

ChristianjStubrach, Captain, 

resided at Knieskerns Dorf or Central Bridge. Was appointed first 
lieutenant, October 20, 1775. Promoted to captain, February 20, 
1778. He was quite wealthy, for the times, and a man of courage. 
Tradition claims for him second cousinship to a king of Holland. 
At the time of Johnson's invasion he was with his company at the 
Lower Fort and superintended the firing of the small field gun 
wdiich Johnson styled the " Grasshopper." Although the father 
of ten children, there are no survivors to perpetuate the name. He 
died between the years 1783 and 1790, or soon after the passage of 
the act pensioning soldiers of the Kevohition. Grandchildren, 
Sables Davis, Mrs, George Becker, Mrs. Isaac Schoolcraft, Mrs. 
Oliver Briofas. 



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Second Lieutenant John Dominick — Dominique, 

was born on the Isle De Rae, France, in the year 1740, emigrated 
to America in 1765, commissioned second lieutenant, October 20, 
1775, and assigned to duty at the Lower Fort. Died in 1824, aged 
84. Great grandchildren, Weidman, Isaac J. Barber, Mrs. John 
Hunting, and Mrs. Hiram Walden. A great-great-grandson, Isaac 
B. Walden, died in the service in the war for the Union. 

Jacob Snyder,'Ensign, 

was promoted to first lieutenant, February 20, 1778. Served under 
Captains Brown and Miller. Served at the Middle Fort during 



22 Schoharie Couxty Veterans. 

Jolinsoirs raid. ]\I:in-ied the widow of Philip Schuyler. Died 
1786. Grandson, Philip Snyder. 

Johannes — John Dietz, Lieutenant, 

promoted to second lieutenant, February 20, 177S. Did service 
nnder Captain Brown. Served at Lower Fort against Johnson. 
Killed by Lidians in 1782. 

Jacob W. Enders — Entis, Ensign, 

appointed ensign, February 2, 1778, bnt declined the commission. 
He did good service as scout and ranger ; was one of the party who 
followed Johnson from the valley. After Johnson had passed the 
Lower Fort, Enders went gunning for an Indian who had a pack 
and a goose. The Lulian lost his baggage, Enders lost the Indian, 
while a comrade got the plnnder and refused to divide. He was a 
prominent Patriot, and an effort was made by the enemy to capture 
him during the latter part of the war. He never married. Near 
the close of his life he became partially paralytic, and was familiarly 
known as " Trembling Jacob." He died by accidental drowning 
while attempting to drink from tlie Schoharie creek near Break- 
abeen, April 4, 1848, aged 91. 

Johannes — John Enders, Corporal — Entis, 

promoted to ensign, October 30, 1778, in place of Jacob Enders, de- 
clined. Did service under Captains Brown and Miller. 

Davit — David Lawyer, Corporal, 
promoted from private to corporal aiul to ensign. Grandson, J, B. 
Lawyer, Washington, D. C. Great-grandchildren, Frederick C, 
Anna I. 

Henrich — Henry Houck — Hauch, Sergeant, 

promoted from ])riv;ite to corporal and to sergeant. Served on de- 
tail under Captain Miller and again under Captain Brown. Died 
September 14, 1825. Thefatiierof four eons, John, Jacob, George, 
David, and three daughters, Nancy, Maria and Elizabeth. David 
living, aged 74, and Elizabeth Gardiner, aged 77. His grandson — and 
son of John — Jacob, has three daughters. His grandchildren and chil- 
dren of Jacob are John II. of Central Bridge, N. Y., and David, who 
served four years in the Union Army, West, and Nancy Mowers 
and Kate Patchen. His son George died without issue. David, 



War of the Revolution. 23 

now Ywing at Howe's Cave, N. Y., has two sons and four daugh- 
ters, names not given, grandchildren of Henry Houck. James 
Goif, a son of Maria Houck, served as an officer in the Union 
Army and suffered imprisonment at Libby. 

Jacob Lawyer, Sergeant, 

promoted from private to corporal, and to sergeant, and to ensign 
in Captain Becker's company. Served also under Captains Brown 
and Richtmyer. Died February 3, 1827, aged 78. Grandchildren, 
Mrs. Riley, Harriett Borst. Great-grandson. Giles Mann. 

Davit — David Sternberg, Sergeant, 

died June 8, 1828, aged 85. Great-grandchildren, Peter, William, 
Eve A. Best, Cassandra Morse. 

William Enders — Entis, Sergeant, 

detached for service nnder Captains Brown and Miller. Served at 
the Lower Fort during Johnson's raid, and worked the field piece 
with Hendricus Shafer. 

Jacob Ziegraft, Sergeant, 

detached from his company to serve at different times under Cap- 
tains Richtmyer and Miller. 

Abram Lawyer, Corporal, 

was on detached service at different times nnder Captains Hager, 
Ritchmyer, Miller and Becker. Died January 20, 1825, aged 66. 
Grandchild, Mrs. P. A. V. Bartholemew. Great-grandson, Charles 
Bartholomew, in the Civil war. 

Jacob Kniskern, Corporal, 

did detached service under Captains Richtmyer and Miller. Was 
captured at Moak's Hollow in " Turlach," in 1780. Made his es- 
cape from " Rebel Island," Canada, on a float constrncted of two 
brandy kegs. Died March 9, 1818, aged 64:. Grandchildren, 
Elizabeth, Christina, Mrs. John Warner. 

Barent Vrooman, Corporal, 

was detached from his company for service at different times under 
Captains Brown, Hager, Miller and Becker and served on the fron- 
tier. Grandchildren, David, Charles, Peter, Lucian, William, Cor- 
nelius. 



24 Schoharie CorxxY A'eteraxs. 

Peter Zimmer, Corporal, 

served also under Captains Brown and Miller. AVas captured Jnlj 
26, 1780. Paroled a short time previous to the close of the war. 

George Hadsel—Hetzel, Corporal, 

served on detacliment under Captain Miller. 

Henry Hitchman — Hitzman, Corporal, 

served on detail under Captain Miller. Grandchildren, Charles, 
Willard, Lansing. 

Joost — Joseph Dietz, Fifer, 

served on detail under Ca])tain Miller. 

Johannes — John Dominick, Jr., 
mustered as drunimer. Son of Lieutenant John Dominick. Served 
as captain in the war of 1812. Grandchild, Weidman Dominick 
of Gallupville, N. Y. Great-grandson, A. L. Fisher, served in the 
Union Army. 

Mathias — Mattice Ball, 
a brother to Peter and son of "Chairman" Ball. He was sent to 
carry powder to the Middle Fort, and arrived just in time— Johnson's 
invasion. Died about 1840, leaving no descendants. 

George Becker, 

brotlier to the major, resided in the present town of Wright. 

Jacob Becker, 

brotlier to the major, served in tiie sortie against McDonald and 
was present when the Indian, David Ogeyonda, was killed in his 
attempt to escape. He served also in the defense of the Lower 
Fort during Johnson's invasion, was stationed in the tower assharp- 
sliooter, and accompanied the troops under Colonel Vroman on the 
following day. He died 1845. Grandsons, Austin, Paul W. 

Johannis — John Becker, 
brother to the major, was surprised and killed by tomahawk, by 
Chrysler's Lidians, while clearing a secluded place in the wood for 
a " wheat stack," July 26, 1782.— Simms. Grandchildren, Abram, 



War of the Revolution". 25 

Maria Philips, Lida Cottrell. Great-grandchildren, PeterW., Charles 
W., Clinton D., Athea Sands. 

Wilhelmus — William Becker, 

the major's brother. Died July 27, 1838, aged 77, leaving no de- 
scendants. 

Abram Berg 

served only with this company. At the time of Johnson's invasion he 
was assisting to diive cattle to the Lower Fort. His party secreted 
themselves and the cattle, and escaped. Died April 21, 1835, aged 77. 

Philip Berg 

detailed for service at different times nnder Captains Brown and 
Miller. Died January 31, 1839, aged 77. Grandchildren, Seneca, 
William, Peter, James, Charles. Great-grandson, Jeff. 

Wilhelmus — William Berg. 
Barney Cartagan — Cardocan. 

Peter Dietz. 

A Peter Dietz, second lieutenant in Third Albany County Regi- 
ment of February 20, 1776, and "Peter Dietz, captain in Colonel 
Wemple's Albany County Regiment, wounded by accident and died 
next da}'," is the only "Captain Dietz" given in the State roster. 
Simtns mentions a Captain Dietz who was captured and died in 
Canada. I think the above the one referred to by him, but was not a 
captain, while the one referred to in the roster was a resident of 
Albany county. 

William Cortney 

served under Captains Brown and Miller also. 

Soyer Denny, 

detailed at one time under Captain Miller. 

Jacob Dietz. 

In the roster I find " Jacob Dietz, Lieutenant," but his appoint- 
ment is not dated. Simms says: Early in the spring of 1782 William 
Dietz was captured; his wife and children with his father and mother 
were murdered. That owing to grief and harsh treatment, he died 
4 



26 Schoharie Couxty Veterans. 

in captivity. ■■ By comparison I infer that it should be /acoJ instead 
ot WilHain. 

William Dietz, Jr., 

blacksmith, served under Captains Brown and Miller on detached 
duty. Died February 16, 1794, aged 45. Great-grandchildren, 
William, Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. Mann, Mrs. Boughton. 

Cornelius Eckerson 

served on detail under Captains Brown and Miller. Died at Seward 
in 1839. Grandson, Henry. Another grandson, William, Jr., served 
in the Union Army and was killed at Cold Harbor, Ya. 

Thomas Eckerson. 

Iti the archives I find Thomas and Thomas, Jr. Major Thomas was 
the son of the original settler Thomas; and if tradition be true that 
he had no sons, then "Thomas, Jr., private," is an error. As the 
original Thomas was too old for enrollment, the Thomas here given 
was the son of John and a nephew of the major. Grandchildren, 
William, Abraham, Daniel, John. Three great-grandchildren, 
Jacob, Ezra and Phili]>, served in the Union Army, 

Peter Enders — Entis 

did detached duty under Captains Brown and Miller. His home was 
burned during Johnson's invasion. 

Peter Enders, Jr., 

detached from liis company to serve under Captains Brown and Miller. 
Grandchildren, Elizabeth, Christina, and Mrs. John AVarner. 

John Enders, Jr., 
died March 12, 1825. Grandson, William Shout. 

William Finck 
detailed for service under Captains Richtmyer and Miller. 

Christoffei — Christopher Hilts, Jr., 
served on detail under Captains Richtmyer and Miller. 

George Hilts. 
Grandson, George; great-grandsons, Mirtin, David, George. 



War of thk Revolution". 27 

John Hutt 

served under Major Becker, and at tlie time of the attack on the 
major's house, narrowly escaped death or capture. He bravely as- 
sissted in the defense of the major and his famil3\ — Simms. He was 
the only member of liis family living in the country — having driven 
his Tory brother from the country. 

Jacob Hillsinger 

resided in the northern part of the county. He was accounted a 
good "ranger" and tighter. His gun was the old " Holland rifle " 
and was brought from that country. He served principally as scout 
in "Old Turlach" or Seward and Sharon. Tradition says that he 
was one of the party who followed Chrysler at one time as far as " the 
river" and when Chrysler made insulting gestures from the oppo- 
site bank, he begged leave of his captain to shoot, and he did shoot, 
and " made Chrysler tumble. " Ho died leaving no descendants. 

John Hillsinger 

served principally on detached service in Captain Miller's company and 
also under Colonel Duboise, Colonel Willett and in Captain Becker's 
coinpany at Batavia. Grandchildren, Hiram, Isaac, Henry, Margaret 
Hoyt. 

Peter Hillsinger 

served also under Captains Brown, Richtmyer and Miller. Grand- 
sons, Luther and Peter. Great-grandson, William. 

John Ingold 

served under Captain Brown at the " Lower Fort." Died Decem- 
ber 3, 1809, aged 74. Great-grandchildren, Shafer Swart, M. Jennie 
Snook. 



died August 19, 1846. 



John Ingold, Jr., 



Peter Kidney. 



John Kniskern, 

brother to Jacob, served nnder Hager also. Was stationed in the 
tower of the Lower Fort when Johnson passed through the valley. 
Died February 1 1, 1782. 



28 Schoharie County Veteraxs. 

William Kniskern, Lieutenant, 

brother to Jacob, served as sergeant in Brown's company and as 
second lientenant in Miller's company. Was captured with Lieuten- 
ant Borst. Grandchildren, William, Nicholas, Calvin, Maria, 
Rachel, Eve Hcrron. Great-grandson, George, served in the Union 
Army. 

Teunis Kniskern 
died August, 1834, aged 83. 

Jacob Granatier — Kranatier 

detailed fur service under Captains Brown and Miller. 

Lambert Lawyer 

served on detachments under Brown, Miller and Richtmyer. Died 
August 12, 1829, aged 62. Grandchildren, Jacob, Nancy France, 
Almira Calkins, Catharine Marclay,^Nancy Johnson. 

John Low 

served under Captain Miller also. Died April, 1821. 

Peter Mann, Jr., 
did some service under Miller also. 

Jacob Mann 

did detached service under Brown and Miller. Died March 15, 
1820, aged 79. Grandchildren, Hon. John E. Mann, Mil- 
waukee, Wis.; Abram Mann, Cobleskill, N. Y.; Eliza Larkins 
Sloansville, N. Y. 

George Mereness. 

Henry Merkel 

served under Captain Miller. Grandson, William M. Great-grand- 
son, John L. Last in line. 

Jacob Merkel 
served under Miller also, and as scout and ranger. 

Jacob Money. 

Daniel Price. 

George Rheinhart, 
detached for service under Miller. 



War of the Kevolution. 29 

William Rheinhart 

served under Miller and Becker also. 

John Resue. 

Great-grandson, Leonard, served in the Union Army, 

Benjamin River. 

Caspar Rorick. 

Great-grandsons, Rilej S. and Ezra Gardner, served in the Union 
Army. ^ 

Earner Rorick. 

Henrick — Henry Salge. 

Adem — Adam Shafer — Scheffer, 

served also as scout and rifleman under Captain Brown. Grandson, 
Henr}'- A. Great-grandchildren, Gideon, George A., Ada, Mrs. A. 
W. Harder. 

Teunis Shafer 
served under Brown also. 

Hendricus — Henry Shafer, 

served at different times under Brown, Richtmyer, Miller and 
Becker. He was one of the gunners who worked the field piece at 
the time Johnson passed through. Died August 27, 1832, aged 
74. Grandchildren, Martin L., Gideon, Jacob H., Catharine Swart, 
Mary Sternberg. 

John F. Shafer 

served on detachment under Richtmj'er. 

Marcus Shafer 

served under Captain Miller. 

Marcus Shafer, Jr., 

served under Captains Brown and Miller. Died February 23, 1835, 
aged 72. Grandson, Marcus Shafer, Schoharie, JS". Y. Last in line. 

Jacobus — Jacob Schoolcraft — Schulecraft 

served under Brown, Richtmyer and Miller. Died August 12, 1834, 
aged 72. Grandson, Hiram. Great-grandchild, Mary Wifenbeck. 



30 ScHOHAKiE County Veterans. 

Lorrens — Lawrence Schoolcraft 2d 

served the ijreater part of his duty as eentinel at the Lower Fort. 
Did detached duty under Brown and Miller. Grandsons, William 
and Seneca Sands. 

Peter Schoolcraft 

served under Captain Brown and at another time under Miller. 
Grandsons, Ira and Ezra. 

John Schoolcraft, 

a brother to Jacob and Lawrence, is not enrolled in the archives, 
although he became subject in 1781, or two years before the close 
of the war. Died June 18, 1849, aged 84. Grandsons, Peter P. 
and Jacob F. Great-grandson, Sherman. 

John Schuyler 

served under Captains Brown and Miller. 

John F. Schell. 

George Schell 

accompanied Major Becker from the [Lower Fort, on the sortie 
against McDonald. He also assisted in the defense of the major 
and his family during the assault by Chrysler and his Lidians in 
1782. He kept the score and pronounced the epitaph of each In- 
dian hit, and consigned each defunct savage to his future abode, 
after the Calvinistic creed. 

Jacob F. Schell 

served at different times under Captains Brown and Miller. Grand- 
children, Daniel, Abraham, So])hia Fisher. Great-grandson, A. L. 
Fisher, served in the Union Army. 

Henry Relyea. 

Henry Sidney — Sidnig, Sitnich. 

Joost — Joseph Sidney. 

Peter Sidney 

served also under Brown and Miller. Great-grandchildren, John 
J., Mary K. Wood, Gertie Davis. 



Wak 0¥ the Eevolutiox. 31 

William Sidney- 
served under Captains Brown, Miller and Richtinjer. 

John Snyder — Schneider, 

served under Brown also. 

John Snyder, 

or "Schoharie John," was taken prisoner July 26, 1782. On reach- 
ing Canada he enlisted in the British Army, to secure an oppor- 
tunity to escape. 

Lutwick — Lodwig Snyder, 

father of " Schoharie John," served in detachments under Hager 
and Miller. Great-grandsons, Jacob M., and Jacob L. Driesbach. 
Great-great-grandson, Philip Snyder. 

Abram Sternberg 

served under Miller also. Died May 24, 1818, aged 80 years. 

Jacob Sternberg 

served on detached duty under Brown. 

Barent Stubrach, 

a brotiier to the captain, did other service under Brown, Miller and 
Richtniyer. He served a greater part of the time during the war as 
scout and rifleman. At near the close he was found sitting against 
a tree in the woods, dead, with his riiie between his knees. It is 
supposed his death was caused by over-exertion while scouting. He 
left no descendants. 

Joseph Van Valkenberg 

did special duty as a scout. 

Jacob Van Dyke 

served under Captain Brown and under Colonel Willettas scmit 
and rifleman. At the time of Johnson's invasion he was sent out 
from the Lower Fort to reconnoiter, and on returning was stationed 
in the tower as sharpshooter. He was one of the party who pur- 
sued Johnson to the Mohawk, and accompanied the cavalrv from 
the Lower Fort against McDonald early in the war. Died October 
3, 1844, aged 84. Descendants, children of Joseph Yan Dyke. 



32 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Ephraim Vroman. 

The roster gives the name as "■ private " of his company. There is 
no further evidence that there were two Ephraim Vromans. 

Peter C. Vroman, 

or CorneHns, son of Peter (?), sometimes called " Hazel Pete." 
Tradition says he tried to kill " Seths Henry " after the war. 

Henry Webber, Jr. 

Henry Worth— Werth, 

did service nnder Captain Brown also. Died in 1812. Grand- 
children, Mary, Harvey, Heman, Libbie, Martha Courter. 

John Worth 

served under Miller and Brown. 

William Young 
did service under Brow^n and Miller also. 

Adam Zimmer 

did service under Miller also. On the morning of the assault on 
Major Becker's house, being unable to reach it before the Indians 
arrived, he started for the Lower Fort. He was fired on by an In- 
dian, but as he stooped at the instant to pass between the upper 
and lower bars of a passage, he escaped the bullet, which passed 
through the bar directly above his head. His wife was with the 
major's family at the time. Died June 20, 1832, aged 82. Great- 
grandsons, David, Hamilton, Sylvester, Freeman, Philip, Charles, 
Edward. 

George Zimmer 

did service under Becker. Granddaughter, Flora Weidman. 

William Zimmer 

served on detachment under Cajjtain llager. Great-grandsons, 
David S., Joseph. 

Jacob Zimmer, Jr., 

did service under Captains Brown, Miller and Richtmyer. Was mas- 
sacred by Chrysler's Indians, July 26, 1782. 



War of the Eevolution. 33 

Peter Fink 

did service under Captains Richtinyer and Miller. 

George Aker. 

Descendants not clearly determined. 

Second Company, Fifteenth Regiment, New Yoek Militia. 

Jacob Hager, Captain, 

" served as lieutenant, on the side of the Crown, in the war between 
England and France. " At the beginning of the war of the Revolution 
he was commissioned captain under Colonel Vroman with rank from 
October 20, 1775, and continued in command of this cotnpany until the 
close of the war. Previous to the invasion of McDonald he ac- 
companied Henry Becker to Albany to ask for reinforcements. In 
1779 lie commanded an expedition against Brandt, but failed to meet 
him. He commanded a company, made up of his own and detach- 
ments from the First and Third Companies; sent on several occasions 
to reinforce the army on the frontier and along the Mohawk. 
During the invasion of August 9, 1780, his buildings, near what is now 
Breakabeen, were burned. After the invasion of Yroman's land by 
Brandt and Chrysler in 1781, he was sent in pursuit with his company 
and a company under " Captain Hale. "* 

The enemy were overtaken near Jefferson Lake, and owing to the 
cowardice of Hale, he succeeded in escaping after inflicting some 
loss on the Patriots. Captain Hager's record during the Revolution 
proves that he was a prominent Patriot. Died August 21, 1819, 
aged 85. Grandchildren, DeWitt, Cornelia Ferguson. Great-grand- 
son, M. V. B. Hager. Great-great-granddaughter, Kate. 

Martinus — Martin Van Slyke, Lieutenant. 

Commissioned first Lieutenant October 20, 1775. Succeeded by 
Ephraim^^roman, February 20, 1778. Was appointed second lieu- 
tenant of Associate Exempts, November 4, 1778. Married the 
widow of Bartholomew C. Vroman, daughter of Samuel Yroman, 
and afterward known as "Granny Van Slyke". 

Note. — The Captain Miller frequently referred to, commanded a company in the 

Duanesburg District. 

* History speaks of Captain Hale as a, " Continental " officer. There is but one 
Captain Hale — Aaron — down in the roster of the State, and at the time above 
mentioned he had been serving as captain of a company of Militia in the Ninth 
Regiment, Second Claverack Battalion, since March 29, previous. 

6 



;j4 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Ephraim Vroman, Lieutenant, 

coiiunissioiied first lieutenant October 20, 1T78 ; talcen prisoner 
August 0, 1780; released August 31,^1781, M. R. Author Simins 
says : " He was captured by a party of seventy-three Indians and tive 
Tories, together with his two sons, Josias E. and Bartholomew E., and 
an infant which was released the day following but died soon after. 
His wife was sliot, tomahawked and scalped, and his little daughter, 
Christina, killed with a stone by the Tory Beacroft. A^roraan was 
taken to Niagara, to Montreal, and to ' South Rakela,' where he re- 
mained until exchanged. His two sons evidently returned, as a de- 
scendant informs me that the lieutenant married a ' widow Dietz ' and 
that the two sons nuuTJed her two daughters." Query, May not the 
"\vid(»\v Dietz" have been the wife of Peter Dietz who died a 
prisoner? Descendants of Ephraim Vroman : Josias H., a grandson. 
Great-grandchildren, J. Schnyler, Josiah, John, Maria Snow. 

Johannis "W, Bouck, Lieutenant, 

{ipi)ointed second lieutenant October 20, 1775. Succeeded by Cor- 
nelius Feek, February 20, 1778. Served afterward under Captain 
Stubrach. Died February 26, 1785. 

Cornelius Feek, Second Lieutenant, 

promoted from sergeant to second lieutenant Febrnary 20, 1778. 
Served on detachment under Captain Richtmyer, 

John L. Lawyer, Ensign, 

appointed October 20, 1775. Succeeded February 20, 1778; and 
appointed lieutenant in the Associate Exempts. Died January 25, 
1842; aged 94. Great-grandchildren, William H., Thomas, John 
S., Mary L. Clark. 

Peter Swart, Ensign, 

appointed February 20, 1778. Had been enrolled as private and 
]>romoted to corporal and to sergeant; served as messenger on sev- 
eral important occasions. Died November 3, 1821), aged 77. 

John Hager, Sergeant, 
gave warning of attack on the Upper Fort' and the capture 
of its inhabitants August 9, 1780. Died August 24, 1829, aged 
84. Grandchildren, Tennis, Eliza Bouck. Great-grandchildren, 
Mary E. Van Alstyne, Catharine S. Marcotte. 



War of the Eevolution. 35 

Joseph Hager, Sergeant, 

served as private under Captain Becker. Participated in the en- 
gagement at Jefferson Lake and was severely wounded by gunshot 
in the right shoukler. After the war he removed to a distant part 
of the State, and his further record is not known, except that he and 
his immediate descendants became prominent in civil and political 
affairs. 

Christian Bouck, Sergeant. 
According to a history there could be but one Christian Bouck 
subject to enrollment during the Revolution — the father of William 
C. and the first occnpant of Boucks Island. His survivors have no 
traditions of his military service, and are unable to remove the im- 
pression that there were two Christian Boncks, as the above enroll- 
ment and the date of death of another Christian Bouck apparently 
shows; and further, if the Christian, father of William C, took part 
in this war, and held the position of sergeant, it seems that his grand- 
children would have received some tradition. I have Christian 
Bouck died April 13, 1786 ; Christian Bouck, father of William C, 
died 1836. 

John Keyser, Sergeant. 

Richard Shelmandine, Sergeant, 
promoted to corporal and to sergeant ; served under Captain Becker 
also. 

Christian Shafer, Corporal, 

served on regular duty as sentry at the Upper Fort. Died December 
24, 18 i9, age 58. Children living,' Lany Shafer, Margaret Mat- 
tice. Grandson, John H. Mattice. 

Peter Kniskern 

became liable for duty 1780. Died December 26, 1827, age 63. 

Baltus Krisler 

served on detached duty under Captain Becker. If this man be- 
longed to the noted Tory family I regard his enrollment and service 
in two different companies as evidence of patriotism. 

Abram Keyser, Corporal, 

became prominent after the war, and with his brother Jolm removed 
from the county. Grandson, Peter. 



36 Schoharie Couxty Veterans. 

John Kriesler. 
Nicholas Long. 
Abram Mattice. 

Conrad Mattice. 

Grandson, Jacob H. Great-grandson, Garrett W. Another great- 
grandson, Paul, served in the Union Army. 

Elias Mattice. 

Frederick Mattice, Jr. 

Daugliter, Katy Burget. Grandchildren, Asa, Frederick, Lawrence, 
Alston, Mrs. llirani Ives. 

George Mattice 

died 1818, aged 52. Grandsons, John, Freeman. 

Henry Mattice, Jr. 

John Mattice 

served under Captains Richtmjer and Becker. Great-grandson, 
John H. 

John Mattice, Jr. 

Grandson, George B. Bouck. Great-grandsons, George C, Willard, 
Stephen, Jr. 

Nicholas F. Mattice. 

Nicholas Mattice, Jr., 

died October I'd, 1830, age 69. Did sentinel and messenger ser- 
vice. Grandchildren, Dorothy, Alexander, David, Catharine, Eliza- 
beth Duesler. Great-granddaughter, Emma Scntt. 

George Snyder 

served as private under Captains Stubrach and liichtmyer and as 
corporal under Captain Becker. 

Henry Snyder. 

Jacob Snyder. 

Lorrens — Lawrence Swart 
did service under C;ii)taiii5 Richtmyer and Stubrach. 



AVAR OF THE Revolution. 37 

Peter Swart 

was one of the party sent as spies over service in the Charlotte 
Valley; was betrayed by Abrara Becker, captured, taken to De- 
troit and after release adopted the Indian life and customs and did 
not return. 

Joachim Valkenberg, 

reputed a good soldier; served in the fields and at the fort during 
Johnson's raid ; was killed at Jefferson Lake. His gun was taken 
by the Indian who shot him, and who admitted the fact after the 
war and surrendered the gmi. This Indian died alone in the woods 
and suddenly. 

Jacob Valkenberg. 

John Valkenberg. 

Note. — Careful comparison of the names of the roster and of family traditions 
justifies the inference that the original name of the family in Schoharie wasValk 
and that different branches adopted the names of Valck — Valkenberg — Van 
Valkenburg and in some cases Folluck. At the time of the Revolution the name 
of Van Valkenberg was found in other regiments, but not in this county. 

George Shafer 

served also in the war of 1SI2 as a substitute for Cornelius Yroman. 
Died March 4, 1828, aged 73. Grandchildren, John, George W., 
Wellington, Kichard, Adelia Borst. Great-grandsons, Frederick, 
and Edwin who served in the Union Army. 

Jacob Van Loan. 
Harmanus Vosburg. 

Adam A. Vroman 

escaped to the Upper Fort at tlie time of the massacre in Yroman's 
Land. When asked how he got away, he replied: "I pulled foot." 
He was referred to as " Pull Foot " Yroman ever afterward. 

John Vroman 

served as courier and did service under Captain Stubrach. Was cap- 
tured August 9, 1780. Released 1782. Grandchild, Katy Burget. 
Great-grandchild, Mrs. Hiram Ives. 

Isaac Vroman. 

Early on the morning of November 10th, 1781, he called at the 



38 ScHoiiAUiK County Veterans. 

house of Ill's son " to have some work done " and was " shot in tlie 
dooryard" hv a party of the enemy who had lain in ambush during 
the night for the purpose. " He was clubbed and scalped by Seths 
Henry." During Johnson's invasion the year previous lie was at 
the TTpper Fort. 

Isaac Vroman, Jr. 

Bartholemew Vroman, Jr., 

captured August 9, 1780. Released on parole 1782. 

Peter A. Vroman 
served under Captain Richtm^'er also. Died January 3, 17'.>4, aged 
51. Grandson, Peter A. V. Bartholemew. Great grandsons, Charles 
Bartholemew served in the Union Army, William Swart. 

Peter I, Vroman, 

son of Isaac, and who escaped to the fort after the murder of his 
father. Died at the age of 43. Grandchildren, Ann Eve Burst, 
Elizabeth Lawyei'. 

Samuel Vroman 

was a merchant and committee-man, and enrolled for service. He 
died soon after the war. He was the father of Susannah, who be- 
came Susannah Van Slyke by a second marriage. Great-grand- 
children, David J., Margaret Bellinger. Great-great-grandson, 
William. 

Simon Vroman 

was captured with his wife, August 9, 1780. Was wounded, and 
died soon after reaching Canada. His wife married in that 
country and did not return. 

Bartholomew C. Vroman 

served on detail under Captain Richtmyer. He was one of the 
party who discovered the captors of William Bouck and servants. 
He accompanied Murphey on several expeditions and was " best 
man" at Murjihey's wedding. When Johnson approached the Mid- 
dle Fort he was in the line of skirmishers and wore the handkerchief 
of his betrothed, Susannah, for a head covering. He married soon 
after. 



War of the Revolution. 39 

William Barnhart. 

Henry Bauch 
did service under Captain Becker. 

Johannis Bauch. 

William Bauch, Jr., 

did other service under Captain Riclitniyer. He with his son 
Lawrence was captured in July, 1780, by a party of Indians under 
Seths Henrj', who were overtaken by Harper's men on the following 
day and compelled to abandon their prisoners. Great-grandchild, 
Eve Keyser. 

Lawrence Bauch, 
son of William, Jr., was sent from the Upper Fort to give informa- 
tion at the time of Johnson's invasion. Was captui'ed with his 
father in July, 1780, but escaped during the night before his father 
was retaken. " Father, Fm going to eat pudding and milk out of 
my own bowl to-morrow morning." Grandchildren, William, Eve 
Keyser. 

Adam. Becker. 

Conradt Becker. 

Nicholas Bauch 

died November 14, 1806, aged 57. Grandson, Thomas I. 

Nicholas W. Bauch. 
Frederick Becker. 

Peter Brewer 

did service under Captain Stubrach also. Those snpposed to be of iiis 
generation are found buried near Breakabeen ; but any living de- 
scendants I have been unable to find. 

Adam Brown, Jr. 

John Brown. 

Joseph Brown 

captured July 4, 1782. 

Michael Brown 

served under Captain Brown also. 



40 St'iioHAiaE County Vetkrans. 

Hugh Caghy. 

Nathan Daley. 

Lewis Dannea or Dana. 

Julius Eagars. 

Nicholas Peek 

did service under Captain Stubraeli. 

Peter Peek 

discovered the rear of Johnson's forces as the)'^ were passing below 
the Tapper Fort. He was a brother of John Feek, the father-in-law 
of Murphcj. His son Nicholas served in the war of 1812. Grand- 
children, Margaret J. Houck, Catharine E. Mann. 

Nicholas Gerlach. 

Samuel Haggadorn. 

Adam Hager. 

Henry Hager, 

son of the captain, afterward became " Judge Hager," 

Samuel Hager. 

William Henry. 

Adam Haggadorn. 

Henry Holdaway. 

Benj. Humphrey. 
James Humphrey. 

Isaac Patchen 

was capture<l witli his brother at IIar])ei-sfield, April 7, 1780 ; released 
November 28, 1782. At the time of capture he was on detailed ser- 
vice under Captain Harper " with eleven others," to make sugar for 
the garrisons in the valley. He became the father of eight children. 
Died February 22, 1834, aged 70. Grandchildren, Benjamin, Ezra, 
Adaline Peters, Sarah Dayton, Jemima Beardsley, Hannah Peters, 
Loanda Foot, Adaline Ptuss, Nancy Rhodes, Ruthalia Case, Marga- 



War of the Up^volution. 41 

ret S. Krnni, Rhoda Achiiisuii. tSarah Craue, Joseph Fuller, Maria 
Treadwell, Eliza A. Mitchell. 

Freegift Patchen 

was not enrolled as of military age, but mustered as fifer, as was 
the custom to appoint enterprising lads as musicians. He was cap- 
tured with the party sent to Harpersfield to make sugar, and treated 
with marked cruelty at the several Indian villages and while con- 
fined in various Canadian prisons. According to a narrative left by 
him, his life was spared by a humane surgeon, who discovered his 
wi-etched condition and ordered the removal of his irons and better 
treatment. He was released November 28, 1782. Died August 30, 
1831, aged 72. Grandsons, Freegift, M. Y. B. Hager, Morris 
Hager. Great grandson, Harley Patchen. 

Diewalt Bartholemew 

was enrolled under both Colonels Harper and Yroman, and did 
regular service under Captain Hager during the last years of the 
war. 

Christopher Hilts, 

father of Christopher, Jr., and George. 

Third Company, Fifteenth Regiment, New York State Militia. 

George Richtmyer, Captain, 

resided east of the Middle Fort, joined in the attack on McDonald's 
forces at Chrysler's Mill, served in the defense of the Middle Fort 
during Johnson's raid and served the Patriot cause on the frontier. 
He was commissioned captain, October 20, 1775, reappointed Feb- 
ruary 20, 1778, and held the position throughout the war. Died 
September 16, 1803, aged 65. Great-grandchildren, George, Philip, 
Almon. 

Johannes I. Lawyer, First Lieutenant, 

appointed October 20, 1775 ; reappointed February 20, 1778. 
Died July 21, 1818. Grandchildren, J, Addison, Mary LTpham. 
Great-grandchildren, William, Abram, Mrs. George Clark. An- 
other great-grandson, George S., was mortally wounded in the Civil 
war. 

Martinus W. Zielie, Second Lieutenant, 

appointed October 20, 1775 ; reappointed February 20, 1778. 
6 



43 Schoharie County Vetehans. 

Went out with the skirmishers to oppose the progress of Johnson 
and did effective service during tlie siege of the Middle Fort. Died 
Novcniher 3, 1833, aged 88. 

Johannis L. Bellinger, Ensign, 

appointed October 20, 1775; reappointed February 20, 1778. 
The roster rates him as ensign under Captain Hager. 

Albertus Becker, Sergeant. 

Cornelius Bauch, Sergeant, 

promoted from })rivate to corporal and to sergeant. Died Septem- 
ber 7, 1824, aged r»5. Grandsons, George A., Peter, Henry. Great- 
gi'andson, John B. 

Christian Richtmyer, Sergeant, 

a brother to the captain, served on detached duty under Captain 
Miller. 

Joseph Mattice, Sergeant, 

served on detached duty under Captain Hager. 

John Rickert, Sergeant, 

promoted to sergeant; served under Captains Hager, Brown, 
Stubrach and Miller. He secured the goose and moccasins which 
Enders intended to have. Great-grandchildren, George, Mrs. 
Shafer Swart. 

John B. Becker, Corporal. 

Bartholemew Vroman, Corporal, 

did detached duty under Captain Hager and served as sergeant 
under Captain Becker. 

Marcus Bellinger, Corporal. 

Granddaughter, Nancy Manchester. Great-grandsons, Marcus, 
Henry. 

John G. Becker, Fifer. 

Marcus Rickert, Fifer. 
His music must have been inspiring, as we find him detailed at 
different times under Captains Stubrach, Brown and Miller. 



War of the Revolution. 43 

Joseph I. Borst, Drummer, 

was sent as messenger to Albany at the time of Johnson's raid. 
His fatlier dying previous to the war, and he being the eldest son, 
was the only one of the family enrolled foi- dnty. He died June 14, 
1834, aged 73. Grandchildren, Augustus, William, John, Louisa 
B. Hyde. 

Thomas Bouck 

served under Miller also. 

« 

Albertus Becker, Jr. 

David Becker 

joined the forces against McDonald. Died March 15, 1796, aged 
38. Grandchildren, Richard, John, Thomas, Louisa B. Hyde. 
Great-grandson, Edward. Last in line; served in the Union Army. 

Garret Becker. 

We may infer that this man was an enterprising soldier, for Author 
Simms tells us that he loaned the wagon which carried Murphey's 
wedding party to Schenectady. I learn nothing more of the soldier 
or his wagon. 

Harmanus Becker. 

Henry Becker, 

sent to Albany as messenger at the time of McDonald's invasion. 
Died 1830. Grandson, William G. Great-grandson, George H. 

John S. Becker. 

John F. Becker. 

John H. Becker. 

John J. Becker. 

John Albertus Becker. 

John P. Becker. 

John William Becker. 

There were nine John Beckers, whose names were classed separate 
by the addition of a different letter of the alphabet. The roster of 



44 SciioHAKiE County Veterans. 

tliis coiiipaiiy and tradition bear evidence to the fact that there were 
" nine Hans Baeckers." 

Storm S. Becker. 

Marcus Bellinger, Jr. 

Jacob Borst. 

Johannes Borst 

did other service under Brown and Miller. 

Peter Borst. 

Grandchildren, Milton, Eve Ann. Great-grandson, George S. 
Bouck. 

Philip Borst. 

Great-grandson, James. Great-great-granddaughter, Mary V. 

John Borst, Jr. 

Anthony Brentner. 

Michael Brand. 

Henry Coenraed — Conrad. 

Henry Conrad, Jr. 

Cornelius Cornelison. 

Johnathan Cowley 

served also under Colonel Duboise. Was a son of St. Leger Cowley, 
who was adjutant of a battalion of rangers commanded by Captain 
John Har)>er, afterward colonel, and ordered to be raised by the 
Council of Safety, July 17, 1777. He died by drowning in Cayuga 
lake in 1817. 

Teunis Eckerson 
did service on detachment under Becker. Died Juniuiry 10, 1797, 
aged 67. Eliza Lynes, last descendant. 

Jacob Criscal. 
Johnathan Cutty. 



War of the Revolution. 45 

Teunis Eckerson, Jr. 

Jacob Peek. 
Son Jacob, Jr., in war of 1812. 

James Herron. 

Grandsons, William H., Charles. Great-grandson, William W., 
served in the Union Army. 

Robert Herron. 
John Humphrey. 

Jacob Jacobson 

served on detachment under Becker. 

Henry Yansen — Jansen. 

Grandchildren, Abram, Garret, Leroy, Nancy. Great-grandsons, 
Peter, living; Henry and Joseph, dead ; all in the Union Army. 

Johannes Yansen 

died January 24, 1836, aged 82. 

Joost — Joseph Yansen. 

Andreas —Andrew Loucks — Lauchs. 

A sergeant. Served in Captain Becker's company also. He served 
at the Middle Fort. During Johnson's invasion, he witnessed the 
burning of his wheat stacks, while those of his Tory brother escaped 
destruction. He died April 9, 1838, aged 99. Grandson, John P. 
Great-grandsons, Andrew J., William, John F. 

Jeremy — Jury — Jeremiah Loucks, 

son of Andrew. Was at the Middle Fort during Johnson's raid. 
Was wounded by a musket ball in the forehead while standing in 
the entrance gate of the fort. Died March 19, 1854, aged 87. Son, 
Henry J. Grandsons, Jeremiah, Thomas. Great-grandson, Henry. 

John McCoy. 

Hugh Mahallen. 

Phihp Merkel 
served on detachment under Miller. 



46 Schoharie County Veterans. 

James Murray. 
Frantz — Frank Otto. 

Gottleib — Godlove Otto 

served under I^rowii and Miller also. 

John Pain. 

Martinus Pick. 

Jacob Richtmyer. 

George Rickert 

served on detachment under Miller and under Becker. Grand- 
children, .John, Albert, Nancy Stever, Louisa Sidney, Julia Edwards. 

Nicholas Rickert 
did service under Captains Ilager and Becker. 

William Ritter. 

John Ritter. 

Thomas Roth. 

Henry Runrath. 

John T. Shafer. 

Adam Schell 
died October 30, 1786. 

Christian Schell 
served under Captain Miller also. 

George Shelmendine — Shelmetine. 

Nicholas Sluyder — Slouter 

was engaged at the Middle Fort during Johnson's attack. Left his 
dying child to accompany Murphey and the skirmishers. Great- 
grandson, Andrew Lawyer. 

John Snyder. 

Grandsons, William, John E., Jeremiah, John, Sanford. 



War of the Revolution. 47 

Eacus Satterly. 

Benjamin Steinbrunner. 

Ancus Sutherland. 

John Van Antwerp. 

Cornelius Van Dyke 

was in the attack on McDonald in 1777 and did meritorions service 
afterward. 

Peter Van Slyke 

was in the attack on McDonald and took part in the defense of the 
Middle Fort. 

Barent Vroman, Jr. 

Great-grandson Abram in the Civil war. 

Peter Vroman 

served in detachments under Captains Brown, Stiibrach and Miller. 

Christoffel — Stoffel — Christopher Warner 

served at " Rhinebeck and at Stillwater." 

David Zeh. 

Great-grandson Jeremiah in the Union Army. 

Joseph Zeh 

did service under Becker also. Died July 28, aged 82. Grand- 
sons, Marcus, Joseph. Great-grandchildren, Charles, Fred, Annie J. 

Nicholas Zeh 

served under Captain Brown also. 

Fourth Company, Fifteenth Regiment, New York Militia. 

Christian Brown, Captain. 

The date of first appointment not given, but find him holding the 
position, February 20, 1778. He was second in command at the 
battle of Cobleskill, now Warnerville. After the death of Patrick 
he ordered tiie remnant of the Patriot forces to escape as best they 
could. His mills were spared the general destruction through the 



48 ScHOHAiiiE County Veterans. 

intervention of a Tory neighbor, who hoped to gain possession 
tbruugh confiscation, if the Pati-iots were subdued. 

Hendrick — Henry Borst, First Lieutenant. 

His appointment approved February 20, 1778. Died May 1, 1808. 
Great-grandsons, Joseph, Harvey, Henry. 

Jacob Borst, Lieutenant, 

appointed February 20, 1778, took part in the battle of Cobleskill 
and escaped unlnirt. In the latter part of October, 1781, in com- 
pany with two soldiers from Fort Duboise, he went to "Turlach" 
to assist a farmer named Myndert in securing his peas and hogs. 
After finishing their work, and while drying their clothing within 
the house, the whole party were surprised and captnred by a Tory 
and six Indians. — Simms. Lieutenant Borst and Sergeant William 
Kniskern suffered great hardships while on their way to Canada 
through cold, hunger and "running the gauntlet" at the Indian 
villaires. Through such severe treatment the lieutenant contracted 
consumption and died soon after reaching Niagara, in winter of 
1781 and 1782. 

Johannes H. Shafer, Ensign, 

appointed February 20, 1778; sncceeded October 30, 1778 ; was 

engaged at the battle of Cobleskill and escaped nnhurt. His family 

fled to the woods. Died May 6, 1838, aged 82. Grandchildren, 

George, Peter, Catharine M. Lawyer. Great-grandchild, Mary C. 

Browm. 

Nicholas Warner, Ensign, 

was the father of nine children, the youngest of whom died at the 
Lower Fort during the war. Appointed ensign October 30, 1778. 
He was engaged in the battle of Cobleskill, and after that event 
served as scout and courier. At the time of Johnson's raid he was 
of the party stationed in the tower of the Lower Fort as sharpshooter. 
On the 9th of December, 1782, he was captured Avith his father 
while at his liome to procure a sleigh which he had sold to Joost 
Berner. His captors encamped for the night near Richmondville. 
To allay suspicion he removed the moccasins and leggings which an 
Indian had given him in exchange for his brogans, and lay down 
for the night aiul was secured in the usual fashion. He had de- 
termined to escape if possible, and knowing that the Indians were 
familiar with much of the German language, he improvised a song 



War of the Revolution^. 49 

— no doubt with variations — and informed his father through that 
medium of liis intentions. After his captors fell asleep he escaped 
by taking a circuitous route, and during a heavy snow-storm he 
reached Fort Duboise at daybreak and " in his stockined feet." Died 
July 27, 1838, aged 91. Great-grandsons, Lieutenant George W. 
Snyder, U. S. A., George H. Warner, served in the Union Army. 

■ 'it^ William Mann, Sergeant, 

served at times under Captains Stubrach, Richtmyer and Miller. 

Died October 19, 1816, aged 70. No descendants. 

Henry Shafer, Sergeant, 

was wounded by gunshot in the thigh while on retreat from the 
battle of Cobleskill and became disabled from further military duty. 
He avoided capture and was found by friends and taken to the 
Lower Fort, where he recovered. At a time previous to the battle 
of Cobleskill and while scouting he was pursued and fired at by an 
Indian. After escape he found the spent musket ball of the Indian 
between the back and lining of his vest. In after years he became 
judge of the county. Died April 15, 1839, aged 82. Grandchil- 
dren, William, Henry, Diana, Catharine, Peter P., now dead, served 
in the Union Army. Great-grandchildren, Clarence, Paul, served 
in the Union Army, and Mrs. Alexander Campbell. 

John Valentine, Sergeant. 

Garret Nicholas, Sergeant. 

Lambert Sternberg, Corporal, 

served on detachments under Captains Stubrach, Richtmyer and 
Miller. Died July 1, 1829, aged 72. Grandson, John. 

Leonard King — Koening, Corporal, 

did service under Stubrach. Was wounded at the battle of Cobles- 
kill. Great-grandson Lawrence in the Union Army. 

Peter Shafer, Corporal, 

did service at one time under Captain Miller. Was wounded at the 
battle ot Cobleskill. Died March 31, 1834, aged 76. Grandchib 
dren, James, Caroline Bellinger. Great-grandson, George W. Bel- 
linger. 

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50 Schoharie County Veteraks. 

Jacob Bauch. 

No descendants within the county. 

Peter Bauch. 

Great-grandchildren, J, W. Russel, Kate Russei, Martha M. Stern- 
berg, Fainiy E. Lawyer. 

Baltus Bauch. 

JoGSt — Joseph Berner 

died May 17, 1833, aged 78. 

John Bouck 
served under Captain Miller. Died December 31, 1830, aged 82. 

Migel — Michael Borst. 

Joost — Joseph Borst 

was one of the Committee of Safety. Died January, 1812. Grand- 
son, Jeremiah. Great-grandson, Abrani. 

William Brown, 
son of the captain. 

Adam Berg. 

John Eckerson. 

Granddaughter, Lavancha Hallenbeck, Great-grandson, Uriah Hal- 
lenbeck, died in Union Army. 

George Ferster, 

father of John and Martinus, was taken prisoner at the time of 
the second invasion of Cobleskill. After his release he returned to 
Pennsylvania, from whence he came before settling in the Cobles- 
kill Valley. 

John Ferster 

had served as courier and scout, and had returned from Cherry 
Valley on the day previous to the battle of Cobleskill. He was 
killed in that engagement, but his body was not found until a field 
of wheat on which he fell was harvested. 



War of the Revolution. 51 

Martinus Ferster, 

brother to John. He was also in the battle of Cobleskill. On the 
retreat he took refuge in the house of George Warner, Sr., in which 
he perished, after being set on fire by the enemy. His body was iden- 
tified by means of his tobacco box. 

John Freemyer — Frimier 

took part in the battle of Cobleskill. He took refuge in the War- 
ner house with young Ferster and was burned alive. His knee 
buckles and gun barrel revealed the identity of his remains. 

John Freemyer, Jr., 

was captured September 2, 1780, and remained a prisoner one year. 
Died April 19, 1835. Grandsons, Abraham, John, George. Great- 
granddaughter, Mrs. Hiram Bender. Great-great-grandson, Fred- 
erick H. 

George Freemyer 

was engaged in the battle of Cobleskill. Was captured with his 
brother John, September 2, 1780. 

Jacob Freemyer 

killed in the battle of Cobleskill. 

Michael Freemyer. 

No account of service. 

John Holt. 

Henry Kniskern 
served under Captains Stiibrach, Hager and Richtmyer. 

John King — Koenig — Koening 

did service at Fort Duboise as guard. 

Michael King. 
Christopher King. 

Charles Kramer 

served under Stubrach, Miller and Becker. 



52 Schoharie County Veterans. 

John Granatier — Grenadier. 

Lawrence Lawyer 

was engaged in the battle of Cobleskill but escaped injury. His 
wife and family ]-eniained in hiding for " three days after the battle." 
Died August 23, 1840, aged 89. Grandchild, Hannaii E. Kromer. 
Great-grandchildren, George, Kate Myers, Augusta Wildman, Kate 
Russel, Jacob N. Russel, Martha W. Stanton, Abram S. Livingston. 

Nicholas Lawyer 

served under Captain Miller also. 

Jeremiah Mereness. 

John Merkel. 

Nicholas Merkel. 

Adam Shafer, Jr. 

Dieobold — Dewalt Shafer 

did other service inuler Stubrach. Died June 18, 1834, aged 77. 
Grandchildren, Kasson, Martha Trnax. 

Jacob Shafer 

was wounded at the battle of Cobleskill and conveyed to the rear 
during the retreat. He was left " behind a log " by a comrade, but 
was discovered by the enemy and killed. 

Joseph Shafer 

did service under Richtmyer. Grandchildren, John F., Maria Dart. 
Great-gi-andson Edwin served in the Union Army. 

Lambert Shafer 

did service under Miller. 

John Shafer, Jr. 

Simeon Schuyler 
served on detachments under Miller and Stubrach. 

John V. Singer. 



War of the Kevolutiojst. 53 

William Snyder 

did service under Captain Hager also. Died April 19, 1801, aged 51. 
Grandchildren, Catherine Brown, Lovina Howe. Great-grandson, 
William. 

Teunis Swart. 

Jost — Joseph Warner 

did service under Miller, and served as substitute for his brother, 
Christopher, " at Rhinebeck and at Stillwater." Grandson, Daniel. 
Great-grandchild, Liza. 

George Warner, Jr. 

Enrolled at the age of 18. Was engaged in the battle of Cobleskili. 
At the time of McDonald's invasion, he was detailed as a spy to 
watch the movements of the Tories in the vicinity of the Lower Fort. 
He was captured July 27, 1782, near Cobleskili, by Chrysler and 
Seths Henry. On his journey to Canada he was threatened with 
punishment by hanging for protesting against the tightness of the 
cords with which his hands were bound. At an Indian village he 
was flogged by Mollie Brandt, one of Sir William Johnson's former 
sweetheart squaws. At an Indian castle he was compelled to " run 
the gauntlet," and when near the goal was knocked down by a blow 
on the head from a club in the hands of a large Indian boy. At 
Niagara his imprisonment was very severe. Later, he with a com- 
panion prisoner from Virginia, named Price, was placed to service 
near by, and during their term many mysterious deaths and disap- 
pearances occurred among the Indians of that vicinity. He re- 
mained a prisoner until after the close of the war, then ran away 
with several others, and reached home July 15, 1784. He afterward 
became captain of Militia. Two sons, Marcus and John, served in 
the war of 1812. Died March 28, 1844, aged 86. Grandchildren, 
Tobias, Isaac Mann, Mrs. Jas. Harroway. 

John Zeh 

resided in wnat is now Richmond ville, and was one of the 
fartherest western residents of the valley. He was killed at the 
battle of Cobleskili, and tradition says by a Tory brother who had 
joined the enemy just previous, that he might inherit the property 
of their father. 



54 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Fifth Company, Fifteenth Regiment, New York Militia, at 

Batavia. 

Storm Becker, Captain. 

In Colonel Willett's regiment of levies for the defense of the fron- 
tiers, and in the roster of officers we find under date of July 24, 
1782, " Storm Becker of Sclioharie, Ensign." On or after that date 
it appears that several ensigns were detailed to recruit, but Becker's 
name does not appear among the number. In the roster of the Fif- 
teenth Regiment, and under date of February 20, 1778, we find 
" Storm Becker captain of a company in and about Batavia." As 
the foregoing is the only data given, we can only infer that owing 
to expiration of term, or to the small number of men in the com- 
pany, it was disbanded, and Captain Becker accepted the position of 
ensign in Colonel Willett's regiment, where we find him July 24, 
1778. Grandsons, Philip B., John, David. Great-grandsons, Stilli- 
man, George, Charles. 

Peter Hager, First Lieutenant, 
appointed February 20, 1778. 

Peter Richtmyer, Second Lieutenant, 

appointed February 20, 1778. Brother to George and Christian 
of the Eighth Company. 

Isaac Becker, Ensign, 

appointed February 20, 1778. Previous to his appointment he 
was a sergeant in the Third Company. 

Peter Becker. 

One of the Commission of Safety. 

Frederick Eigler. 

George Law. 

John Lawyer 
died June 28, 1800, aged 54. 

' William Schoolcraft. 

Frederick Schell. 



War of the Revolution. 55 

John Van Dyke. 

Peter Zielie 

enrolled in the Fifteenth Regiment but not assigned to company. 

David Bouck. 
David Becker, Jr. 
Nicholas Becker. 

Michael Graus. 

Baltus Hagadorn, 

one of the scouting party of July 25, 1780. 

Bartholemew Hagadorn. 

John Hagadorn, 

wounded in the hip at the rescue of the Bouck family, July, 1780. 

James Harrison. 
James Harrison, Jr. 
Michael Hillsinger. 

Juas Jessy. 
Thomas Murray. 

James Morrell. 
Thomas Smith. 

Foreign Service. 

Archibald Lemmon 

resided in the town of Fulton, and at the age of 17 enlisted with 
his brother John in Captain MuUer's company, Colonel Graham's 
regiment. Died November 28, 1842, aged 79. 

John Lemmon 
joined Captain MuUer's company of the Third Regiment of Levies 



56 Schoharie County Veterans. 

under Colouel Graham in 1780. According to tradition he was 
taken prisoner during his service, and to escape torture and death, 
adopted the Indian mode of hfe and marrying according to custom. 
He remained a prisoner for eight years and escaped, retui-ning to 
his native county. Date of death unknown. No descendants this 
side the St. Lawrence. 

Associate Exempts. 

/ According to Author Simms this organization was composed of men 
who were upwards of fifty years of age. We find some under fifty 
years who had been enrolled elsewhere. Evidently the members of 
the organization were only required for duty in garrison or at times 
of invasion. The roster of this organization is incomplete and it is 
( impossible to give a full list of members. 

Teunis Vroman, Captain, 

appointed November 4, 1778. Had served previously in the 
French war. Held command of the Upper Fort on the day of the 
massacre of August 9, 1780, but had left the fort to attend farm 
labor. He was surprised and massacred together with his wife and 
son, Peter — the lad whom the notorious Beacraft so barbarously 
murdered. 

Peter Snyder, First Lieutenant, 

appointed November 4, 1778 ; promoted to captain after the death 
of Captain Yroman. Died May 29, 1803, aged 60. 

Martinus Vroman, Second Lieutenant, 
appointed November 4, 1778. 

Jacob Lawyer, Jr., Ensign. 

Henry Hager 

had served as captain under the Crown during the French war in 
America. His sympathies were with the Colonies, and with his sons 
he espoused the Patriot cause. He was captured by Brandt in 
August, 1782, and remained a prisoner eleven months. His sons, 
Jacob, John, Joseph and Peter, were prominent in service. The 
relationship of the other Plagers, except Henry, is not determined. 
His epitaph reads : Anno 1706, Jul}' 13th. Died Hench'ich Heger 
JEtas 93, 11 moiit. 



War of the Revolution. 57 

John Feek 

resided within the stockade of the Upper Fort. Father-in-law to 
Timothy Murphej. 

Frederick Mattice. , 

Abram Vroman. 

John Becker. 

Johannes Bellinger. 

Philip Snyder, Sergeant. 

Adam Vroman, 

" committee man." Others belonging to this organization were en- 
rolled in the Militia proper and were accounted for in both grades 
of service. 

Rangers and Minute Men. 

A resolution of the Provincial Congress, passed July 17, 1777, 
authorized the raising of two companies of Rangers from the 
counties of Albany, Tryon and Ulster. A resolution of same date 
made John Harper captain and Alexander Harper first lieutenant. 
From the archives it appears that these companies ranked as Con- 
tinental troops and drew pay as such, and that the appointment of 
John Harper as captain was no reduction of grade or rank from 
colonel of Militia, an appointment which he apparently held at 
that time. Many members of one company were residents of the 
southern part of what is now Schoharie county, then Albany, 
and we find the names of some enrolled as members of the 
Fifteenth Regiment and of Captain Hager's company. 

John Harper, Colonel. 

It is not positively claimed that Colonel Harper was a Schoharie 
county man, and it is conceded that he may have resided in the 
present county of Delawai-e. His services during the Revolution 
were so connected with the military operations in the valley from 
the beginning to the close of the war, that I give his appointment. 

Captain of Rangei-s, July 17, 1777. 

Lieutenant-colonel of Second Regiment of Levies and Militia, 
May 11, 1780. Afterward colonel of Fifth Tryon County Regiment 
8 



58 Schoharie County Veterans. 

of Levies, taking rank from Marcii 3, 1780. He served as guide of 
General James Clinton on the Western expedition, 1779. 

St. Leger Cowley, Adjutant, 
belonged to the First Company of Rangers, entering the service in 
1777. Afterward appointed adjutant of the Fifth Tryon County 
Levies, March 3, 1780. He was the father of Jonathan Cowley, 
who served in the same war, and the great-grandfather of Hector 
and Charles Cowley, who were killed during the war of the rebellion, 
and of William S. Cowley of Stamford, N. Y. 

Alexander Harper, Captain, 

was appointed first lieutenant of liangers, July 17, 1777. Ap- 
pointed captain "in the beat wherein he resides," March 3, 1780, 
enrolled in the Fifth Regiment of Levies, but serving under Colonel 
Vroman. Was captured by Indians and Tories under Brandt, near 
Harpersfield, April 7, 1780, while in command of a detachment sent 
out to make sugar. According to the narrative of Freegift Patchen, 
three of the number were killed, while Harper and the ten survivors 
of his detachment were taken to Canada, where they were held 
prisoners until the treaty of peace was ratified. 

Thomas Henry, Second Major, 

was appointed second lieutenant, Jul}^ 17, 1777, and promoted to 
second major on the staff of Colonel Harper in the Fifth Regiment 
of Militia, March 3, 1780. 

Ezra Thorp 

stands on the roster as belonging to this company under Lieutenant- 
Colonel Zielie. He is mentioned in the narrative as " Lieutenant 
Ezra Thorp." No mention of his appointment to office is made in 
the archives. He may have been chosen to fill vacancy made by the 
promotion of Major Henry, and may have been acting as second 
lieutenant at the time of his capture, April 7, 1780, with Captain 
Harper. He was held prisoner at Canada until the close of the war. 

William Lamb, 

one of the number captured by Brandt, September 7, 1780. Released 
November 28, 1782. After his return, settled in the town of Har- 
persfield, Delaware county, N. Y. 

The foregoing comprise all names on the roster for this company. 



Wae of the Eevolution". 59 

As before stated, some of its members became attaclied to Captain 
Hager's company, while others became members in the Fifth Regi- 
ment, and their residence as Schoharie men cannot be certified. 

Adam Strobeck, 

assigned to no company. Was enrolled at one time in Captain 
Gross' company of Willett's regiment. " Wonnded in the arm and 
back, July 7, 1781," M. R. Pensioned afterward. 

John Philip Kerker 

did secret service as scout and messenger, with head-quarters for a 
time at the Lower Fort. Was captured at Moak's Hollow, with 
Lieutenant Borst and Sergeant Kniskern. Released after the war. 
He was a native of Germany and came from " Bingen on the 
Rhine," Grandson, Solomon. Great-grandsons, Solomon D., Joseph, 
Harman, Frankhn. 

Riflemen. 

Timothy Murphey, 

Murphey was an Irishman, " by occupation," and naturally fond of 
adventure. A man of quick perceptions and a fearless nature. His 
boldness and skill in warfare against Indians and Tories soon made 
him a special object for their vengeance, but in his encounters with 
them he generally balanced accounts to his credit. If Murphey pos- 
sessed the unlimited courage attributed to him by traditional ro- 
mances, they evidently err in making him the perpetrator of some 
of the brutal and inhuman acts which are related so faithfully after 
the dime novel pattern of literature. Courage in the face of danger 
is never foun d in a brutal or revengeful nature. That he met cun- 
ning with strategy, when his own life or interests were at stake, goes 
without saying, but that he indulged in bloody acts without pressing 
occasions, we must either deny, or abandon the claim that Tim 
Murphey was a hero. Timothy Murphey was fond of adventure to 
the extent that he would incur any risk to gratify the spirit. He 
looked out for " number one " on all occasions, and his policy carried 
him through, and under his leadership, the men who trusted him. 
To his mind, the possession of Margaret Feek and, later on, her 
father's broad acres appeared very desirable, and to a man of his 
nature the accomplishment followed a determination. Margaret 
gave him the key to the city without protest, and time and a little 



60 ScHOHAEiE County Veterans. 

more strategy brought the surrender of the whole garrison. The 
exact date of Murphey's coming to Schoharie is not evident. I 
conchide from histories, that he came with Captain Long's detach- 
ment of Morgan's Rifle Corps during the late summer or fall of 1778, 
and that, with the exception of his term of service in the Sullivan 
campaign, he served with the Schoharie County Militia from the 
fall of 1778 until the close of the war. He was enrolled in the 
Fifteenth Regiment and in Captain Hager's company, but evi- 
dently served under a "roving commission," as we find him at the 
head of several expeditions sent out to arrest prominent Tories and 
break up their rendezvous with their Indian allies. He contracted 
a runaway marriage at Schenectady on October 1, 1780, and on his 
return to the Middle Fort his wedding was celebrated by a great 
jubilee and " High Jinks." A day or two after his celebration he 
accompanied a scouting expedition to the Susquehanna, then to 
Cairo, and thence back to Scholiarie, after an absence of 'thirteen 
days, and the day previous to the invasion by Johnson. On that 
day he performed good service on the skirmish line before Johnson 
invested the fort, and after wai'd fired on the flag of truce sent by 
Johnson, in defiance of the orders of Major Woolsey. He accom- 
panied the party in pursuit of Brandt and Chrysler after the in- 
vasion of Yroman's land in November, 1781. After the close of the 
war a reconciliation was effected between his father-in-law and him- 
self, when he adopted a farmer's life and pursuits. His wife, 
Margaret, died September 1, 1807. Murphey remarried. Died 
June 27, 1818. Grandchildren, Williau], Eliza Best, Catharine 
M. Banks. Great-grandchild, Marion M. Swart. 

David Ellerson 

came to Schoharie in 1778, and belonged to Captain Long's detach- 
ment of Morgan's Rifle Corps. He was an inseparable companion 
of Murphey in his scouting expeditions, and is on record as equally 
skillful as a marksman. He was a Virginian by birth and had been 
wounded in the shoulder by a bullet during Indian troubles in his 
native State. He accompanied Murphey on his mission to arrest 
Service in the Charlotte Valley. He did effective service as a 
skirmisher at the time Johnson attacked the Middle Fort. Soon 
after coming to Schoharie he laid siege to the "hertz " of one of her 
daughters and captured the garrison. After the war he settled in 
the southern part of the county. Died in " 1838 or 1839," at a very 
advanced age. 



War of the Kevoldtiok. 61 

Philip Hover, 

a member of Captain Long's detachment of riflemen, acquired great 
populai'ity through his skill as marksman and scout. He was 
eei-tainly not less skilled in warfare against the common enemy 
than his comrades Murphey and Ellerson, as we find him possessed 
of a wife, who was captured during the invasion of Brandt, August 
S, 1780, but released on the day following. On that day he was 
one of the scouts sent out to West Fulton to reconnoiter, but 
through the unfortunate zeal of his comrade Leek, was unable to 
reach the Upper Fort by a direct route and until the enemy had 
captured or massacred the inhabitants. Aside from services as a 
scout, he was engaged in the operations without and within the 
Middle Fort during the invasion of Johnson. He remained a resi- 
dent of the county for a time unknown after the war. 

John Wilbur — Williber 

was a resident of Pennsylvania and a carpenter by occupation. He 
is especially mentioned as a brave soldier and as maintaining the 
rank by marrying a Schoharie girl — "Miss Mattice." At the 
time Johnson appeared near the Middle Fort he shot a disguised 
Tory who was attempting to steal a horse. After the war he 
settled in the Charlotte Yalley. 

Richard Haggadorn, Sergeant, 

was a member of the detachment of riflemen, and served with his 
comrades until mortally wounded in the engagement at Panther 
Mountain in November, 1781. He was rescued from the enemy 
and taken to the Upper Fort, where he died on the day after. It 
was on the occasion of his rescue that Murphey remarked, " every 
bullet was not moulded to hit." 

William Leek 

became noted through his rashness, in firing at a tempting mark, 
while scouting in the vicinity of West Fulton. He had been sent 
out with two others to reconnoiter for the enemy, with orders to 
return to the fort without exciting the attention of the enemy, if he 
was found to be in the neighborhood. While he was in hiding near 
the stream, a surgeon of Brandt's party, disguised as an Indian, ap- 
proached for the purpose of obtaining water — when Leek, forgetting 
orders and prudence, shot the Englishman, and by the report of his 



62 Schoharie County Veterans. 

gun brought the whole canip of savages on liis trail. In the race for 
liis own safety, he was unable to give warning to the Upper Fort 
before its iniiabitants were surprised and captured. During the war 
or near its close, he married the wife of a man who had gone to 
Canada at the beginning of the war, and who was supposed to be 
dead, as nothing had been heard from him since his departure. After 
peace became established, the exile returned to find himself "outside 
the breast-works,'' M'hile William, the scout, held the fort. Leek, 
with his wife, removed to Cayuga county soon afterward, where he 
died . — Tradition. 

Conradt Winnie 

was one of the scouts sent on the reconnoisance to West Fulton. 
He barely escaped capture by taking a "roundabout" route to the 
valley, and finding the enemy in possession of the ground. His 
survivors cannot be definitely traced. 

Felix Hoever 

belonged to Long's detachment of Morgan's Rifles, and served as 
scout and ranger. 

Joseph Evans 

was a member of the Rifle Corps, and served in the valley, as a resi- 
dent, and settled in the southern part of the county after the war. 
He married the daughter of Tennis Eckerson. 

Christopher France 

lived in the western part of the county, known as " Turlach." He 
served as scout and messenger between his neighborhood and the 
Lower and Middle Forts, and was with the defenders of the Lower 
Fort at the time Johnson plundered the valley and the day previous 
to the murder of his fiancee, Catharine Marclay. 

Sebastian France 

did partisan service as scout and courier. Grandsons, Abrara, 
Gilbert, Sebastian and William. 

Zachariah Tufts 

was enrolled in Bogart's company of Harper's regiment, from May 
to November, 1780. Previous to and subsequent to that enrollment 
he served under both Richtmyer and Hager as ranger. 



War of the Kevolution. 63 

James Turner. 

Jesse Gilbert 

resided in Dutchess county previous to the beginning of the Revolu- 
tion and became enrolled for Militia service in the Third Kegiinent 
under Captain Broadhead late in the year 1775. After expiration 
of term we find him again enrolled in Colonel John Hathorn's 
regiment and called out "on alarm at Minisink" in July, 1777. 
On the organization of the regiment "for the immediate defense of 
the State" under Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Pawling, we find him en- 
rolled in that organization under Captain Gilbert I. Livingston, April 
27, 1781. Soon after this enrollment he came to Schoharie county with 
a detachment and remained through the war. He soon became a 
favorite of Murphey and accompanied him in his expeditions, 
accepting and answering to the name of " Joot," bestowed by the 
bold L'ishman. He participated in the action at Jefferson Lake ; 
also escaped with Murphey by breaking through the line of Indians 
when they found themselves unexpectedly surrounded. He re- 
ceived a bayonet wound in the side and directly under the right 
arm durinff a charge in the engagement with the Indians and Tories 
under Butler. After the end of the war he married and became 
a farmer in the town of Harpersfield and later removed to a farm 
near the present village of Stamford, and added the occupation of 
miller to that of farmer. He afterward removed to and occupied 
a farm at the base of what is now called " Mount Utsyantho," where 
he died in the year 1838. Lies buried in the old burying ground 
in the westerly part of Stamford. He was the father of tlii"ee sons and 
five daughters. Representative descendants living: Grandchildren, 
Francis R., Ebenezer, Jr., Betsey Churchill, Mrs. David Kennedy. 
Great-grandchildren, F. Newell, Jesse B., Minnie E., Frank B., 
Samuel, Eliza H., Henry, William Kimball. 



PRISON REPORT OF THE REVOLUTION. 

The taking of prisoners has been legitimate warfare in all ages, 
but their treatment after being deprived of the power to 
harm, has not always been so considered by those who fought for 
justice and humanity and wei'e so unfortunate as to fall into the 
hands of an unscrupulous foe. When the English King or his 



64 ScHOHAKiE County Veterans. 

agents employed savages to subdue the Colonists and fixed the 
market price of the scalp of a " Rebel," his wife or child, the same 
when delivered at head-quarters as for their living bodies, there was 
no restraint placed upon murder, and if the captive survived the 
journey to Canada he owed his life as much to the mercy of the In- 
dian as to the pity of the white man who would have paid as much 
for his scalp as his life. The policy of the British leaders in their 
system of rewards was both subtle and barbarous. It laid the onus 
of all unprovoked murders upon the shoulders of the Indian, while 
it stimulated him to commit them, and at the same time gave him 
license to be revenged on those who had incurred his displeasure be- 
fore the war. The common price paid for a prisoner or the scalp of 
a " Rebel '' was $8, although in special cases where the capture of a 
person of prominence was sought, the reward offered was much 
larger. After all the cruelty of the savage has been estimated, I 
think he excelled his white employer in two comparisons. During 
the long and terrible journeys to Canada the prisoner shared equally 
with the captor in the distribution of food, and in many cases the 
Indian remembered a kindness shown him in former days by his 
captive. The Patriots could reasonably divide their common enemy 
into three classes, so far as degrees of humanity might govern their 
acts, and the Indian would take first rank. The regular army of 
the Xing and his representatives would follow next, while the Tory, 
the neighbor and fellow-countryman of the Patriot would win the 
championship for out-Heroding them all in barbarity. Nearly, if 
not all, of the prisoners captured in the Schoharie, were taken 
by way of what is now Richmondville and Summit, West Fulton 
and Summit, and Blenheim and Jefferson. These routes converged 
in the valley of the Charlotte and continued to the Susquehanna. 
Another route taken by the prisoners captured at Harpersfield ex- 
tended down the head waters of the Delaware and thence across the 
mountains to the Susquehanna. These journeys were all made down 
the Susquehamia as " far as the mouth of the Chemung river " and 
thence in a north-westerly direction through the State to the '' Genesee 
county " and to the British post at Niagara. If the prisoner escaped 
the gauntlet of knives, clubs, fists, whipsand stones, at the Indian vil- 
lages, he was taken to the British post and paid for. After delivery to 
the officers the prisoners were disposed of in various ways. Some were 
rented out as laborers and servants to persons residing in the vicinit}', 
or required to do menial service for the government, while others 
were kept in close confinement and subjected to severe treatment. 



War of the Revolution. 65 

We read of some wlio remained in Canada after the war, and of a 
few men wlio adopted the Indian life and customs. A few were 
comparatively well treated. Neai-ly all prisoners were held until the 
close of the war if not ransomed, and a few who were held as ser- 
vants or slaves did not return until some time afterward. A large 
number of the prisoners taken from Schoharie were non-combatants 
and not belonging to the military or enrolled for service. A few 
old men, many women, boys and girls, made the terrible journey of 
between two and three hundred miles under the goad of their ca]3- 
tors, with the shrieks of their murdered wife, brother, sister, mother 
or neighbor, still ringing in their ears, and with no hope of life before 
them. The number who made the journey must be sought out from 
narative, history, tradition, and the archives of the Revolution — 
sources vvhicli do not give a complete total. 

Militia captured 21 

Died iu captivity 4 



CASUALTIES AMONG THE ENROLLED MILITIA. 

Killed, 14; wounded, 8; captur^ed, 21; died in captivity, 4. 
Roll of^ Honor. 

Killed. 

Becker, Johannis, Dietz, Johannes, 

Ferster, John, Ferster, Martinus, 

Frimire, John, Frimire, Jacob, 
Haggadorn, Richard, . Strubach, Barent, 

Valkenberg, Joachim, Yroman, Isaac, 

Sliafer, Jacob, Vromau, Teunis, 

Zimmer, Jacob, Jr., Zeh, John. 

Died in Captivity. 

Dietz, Peter, Dietz, Jacob, 

Borst, Jacob, Vroman, Simon. 

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ScHOHAKiE County Veterans. 



BKOTHERS IN THE REVOLUTION. 



Ball, 
Becker, 
Bellinger, 
Borst, 
Enders, 
Echerson, 
Friinire, 
Eerster^ 
Hager, 
Keyser, 
Eniskef?!, 
Laioyer, 
Mattice, 
Patchen, 
Schoolcraft, 
Sternherg, 
Shqfer, 
Swart, 

Yan Valke7iberg, 
Warner, 
Zimmer, 
'Vroman, 
Yroman, 
Hilts, 
Richtmyer, 



Peter, Mattice. 

Joseph, Jacob, George, John, William. 

Join), Marcus. 

Jacob, Josepli, Peter, Philip. 

John, Peter. 

Thomas, Jr., Cornelius, John, Teunis. 

Jacob, George, John, Jr. 

Martinus, John. 

Jacob, John, Peter, Joseph. 

Abram, John. 

Jacob, William. 

Abram, David, Jacob, Johannes I., Lambert. 

Frederick, Jr., George, Nicholas. 

Isaac, Freegift. 

Jacob, Lawrence, John. 

Abram, David, Jacob, Lambert. 

John H., Henry, Jacob, Lambert. 

Tennis, Lawrence, Peter. 

Joost, Joachim.' 

Nicholas, George, 

Adam, William, George, Peter. 

Samuel, Simon, Peter A., Adam. 

Isaac J., Peter 1. 

Christopher, Jr., George. 

George, Christian, Peter. 



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QUEER NAMES. 




(Christian 


names found in 


the roster of New 


York men 


Revolution: 








After, 


Ede, 


Killian, 


Reace, 


Adone, 


Ese, 


Ketcliel, 


Ryneer, 


Abelia, 


Egenos, 


Kryn, 


Resolved, 


Astiniis, 


Epenetus, 


Lebrous, 


Ryer, 


Adoryoii, 


Englehardt, 


Lump, 


Raysal, 


Ancus, 


Eab, 


Leir, 


Rop, 


Anrey, 


Easy, 


Lodowick, 


Rise, 


Aliitophel, 


Fite, 


Martinus, 


Right, 


Anon, 


Gersliora, 


Micajali, 


Schibolet, 


Annanias, 


Goleps, 


Molaese, 


Setatlieul, 


Arent, 


Guysbert, 


Myndert, 


Shad, 


Adset, 


Goose, 


Morto, 


Swantick, 


Bonaley, 


Gano, 


Mawritz, 


Silsow, 


Burger, 


Gadthel, 


Melgart, 


Sirrajah, 


Balgert, 


Gotlieb, 


Maas, 


Sy brant. 


Barley, 


Guttup, 


Mawel, 


Storm, 


Brave, 


Godfried, 


Mildiah, 


Soyer, 


Cozinas, 


Gradus, 


Negroe, 


Swetser, 


Cntfret, 


Hakaliat, 


Nimos, 


Slaughts, 


Causin, 


Hercules, 


Otniel, 


Shelar, 


Crownedge, 


Hoskier, 


Oery, 


Tyles, 


Consider, 


Harpert, 


Odle, 


Tewalt, 


Caslier, 


Herionius, 


Oke, 


Tiel, 


Constant, 


Hazarl, 


Orang, 


Tankel, 


Chaltier, 


Hill, 


Ort, ' 


Tjerck, 


Comfort, 


Hope, 


Prospect, 


Tawes, 


Clause, 


Helimus, 


Purchase, 


Tore, 


Cyprian, 


Hannicle, 


Piram, 


Tohide, 


Dirick, 


Increase, 


Pallicarpus, 


Usual, 


Dage, 


Issican, 


Pure, 


Usbany, 


Deliverance, 


Iseel, 


Prince, 


Yine, 


Didynius, 


Insilo, 


Paroh, 


Worse, 


Darling, 


Jurj^, 


Palatia, 


Wyand, 


Dionicus, 


Jube, 


Peregrum, 


Wait, 


Dorastes, 


Jellis, 


Primus, 


Weack. 


Es, 


Jepson, 


Pelethia, 





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ScHOHAEiE County Veterans. 



INDEX TO ROSTER. 



Page. 

Acker, George 33 

Ball, Jobaiuiis 16 

Ball, Mattice 24 

Ball, Peter 21 

Barnliart, William 39 

Bartholemew, Diewalt 41 

Becker, Adam 39 

Becker, Albertus 42 

Becker, Albertus, Jr 43 

Becker, Conrad 39 

Becker, David 43 

Becker, David, Jr 55 

Becker, Frederick 39 

Becker, Garret 43 

Becker, Harman 43 

Becker, George 24 

Becker, Heiny 43 

Becker, Isaac 54 

Becker, Jacob 24 

Becker, Joliannes 57 

Becker, John 24 

Becker, John Alb 43 

Becker, John B 42 

Becker, John F 43 

Becker, John G 42 

Becker, John H 43 

Becker, John J 43 

Becker, John P 43 

Becker, John S 43 

Becker, John W 43 

Becker, Joseph 20 

Becker, Nicholas 55 

Becker, Peter 54 

Becker, Storm 54 

Becker, Storm S 44 

Becker, William 25 

Bellinger, John 57 

Bellinger, John L 42 

Bellinger, Marcus 42 

Bellinger, Marcus, Jr 44 

Berner, J o.scph 50 

Berg, Abrain 25 

Berg, Adam 50 

Berg, I'hilip 25 

Berg, William 25 

Borst, Henry 48 

Borst, Jacob, Lieutenant 48 

Borsl, Jacob 44 

Borst, John 44 

Borst, John, Jr 44 

Borst, Joseph 50 

Borst, Joseph 1 43 



Page. 

Borst, Michael 50 

Borst, Peter 44 

Borst, Philip 44 

Bouck, Baltus 50 

Bouck, Christian 35 

Bouck, Cornelius 42 

Bouck, David 55 

Bouck, Henry 39 

Bouck, Jacob 50 

Bouck, John 89 

Bouck, John 50 

Bouck, John W 34 

Bouck, Lawrence. 39 

Bouck, Nicholas 39 

Bouck, Nicholas W 39 

Bouck, Peter 50 

Bouck, Thomas 43 

Bouck, William, Jr 39 

Brand, Michael 44 

Brentner, Anthony 44 

Brewer, Peter 39 

Brown, Adam, Jr 39 

Brown, Christian 47 

Brown, John 39 

Brown, Joseph 39 

Brown, Michael 39 

Brown, William 50 

Caghy, Hugh 40 

Cartagan, Barney 25 

Conrad, Henry 44 

Conrad, Henry, Jr 44 

Cortney, William 25 

Cornelison, Cornelius 44 

Cowloy, Johnathan 44 

Cowley, St. Leger 58 

Criscal, Jacob 44 

Cuity, Johnathan 44 

Daly, Nathan 40 

Dana, Lewis .^ 40 

Denny, Soy cr 25 

Dietz, Jalcob 25 

Dietz, John 22 

Dietz, Joseph 24 

Dietz, Peter 25 

Dietz, William 18 

Dietz, William, .J r 20 

Dominick, John 21 

Dominick, John, Jr 24 

Eagafs, J ulius 40 

Eckerson, Cornelius 20 

Eckerson, John. 50 

Eckerson, Teunis 44 



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Page. 

Eckerson, Teunis, Jr 45 

Eckerson, Thomas 20 

Eckerson, Thomas, Jr 20 

Eigler, Frederick 54 

Ellerson, David 60 

Enders, Jacob W 22 

Enders, John 22 

Enders, John, Jr 26 

Enders, Peter 26 

Enders, Peter, Jr 26 

Enders, William 23 

Evans, Joseph 02 

Feek, Cornelius 34 

Feek, Jacob 45 

Feek, John 57 

Feek, Nicholas 40 

Feek, Peter 40 

Ferster, George 50 

Ferster, John 50 

Ferster, Martin . . . 51 

Fink, Peter 33 

Fink, William 26 

France, Bastian 18 

France, Christopher 62 

Frimire, George 51 

Frimire, Jacob 51 

Frimire, John 51 

Frimire, John, Jr 51 

Frimire, Michael 51 

■ Gerlach, Nicholas 40 

Gilbert, Jesse 63 

Granatier, John 52 

Granatier, Jacob 28 

Grans, Michael 55 

Haggadorn, Adam 40 

Haggadorn, Baltus 55 

Haggadorn, Bartholemew 55 

Haggadorn, John . 55 

Haggadorn, Richard 61 

Haggadorn, Samuel 40 

Hadsel, George 24 

Hager, Adam 40 

Hager, Henry, As . ex 56 

Hager, Henry 40, 

Hager, Jacob 33 

Hager, John 34 

Hager, Joseph 35 

Hager, Peter 54 

Hager, Samuel 40 

Harper, Alex 58 

Harper, John 57 

Harrison, James 55 

Harrison, James, J r 55 

Henry, Thomas 58 

Henry, William 40 

Herron, James .... 45 



Page' 

Herron, Robert 45 

Hills, Christopher 41 

Hillsinger, Jacob 27 

Hillsinger, John 27 

Hillsinger, Michael 55 

Hillsinger, Peter • 27 

Hilts, Christopher, Jr 20 

Hilts,»George 26 

Hitchman, Henry 24 

Hoever, Felix 62 

Hoever, Philip 61 

Holdaway, Henry 40 

Holt, John 51 

Houck, Henry 22 

Humphrey, Benj 40 

Humphrey, J ames 40 

Humphrey, John 45 

Hutt, Joljn 27 

Ingold, John 27 

Ingold, John, Jr 27 

Jessy, Juas 55 

Jacobson, Jacob 45 

Karker, Philip 59 

Keyser, Abram 35 

Keyser, John 35 

Kidney, Peter 27 

King, Christopher 51 

King, John 51 

King, Michael 51 

Kniskeru, Henry 51 

Kniskern, Jacob 23 

Kniskern, John . . •. 27 

Kniskern, Teunis 28 

Kniskern, William 28 

King, Leonard 49 

Kramer, Charles 51 

Kriesler, Baltus 35 

Kriesler, John .' 36 

Lamb, William 58 

Lawyer, Abram 23 

Lawyer, David 22 

Ijawyer, Jacob 23 

Lawyer, Jacob, Jr 50 

Lawyer, John 54 

Lawyer, John L 34 

Lawyer, John 1 41 

Lawyer, Lambert 28 

Lawj'er, Lawrence 52 

Lawyer, Nicholas 52 

Law, George 54 

Leek, William 61 

Lemmon, Arch 55 

Lemmon, John 55 

Long, Nicholas 30 

Loueks, Andrew 45 

Loucks, Jeremiah 45 



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Schoharie County Veterans. 



Page. 

Low, Johu 2S 

Mann, Jacob 2S 

Mann, Peter, Jr 28 

Maun, William 49 

Mahallen, Hugh 45 

Mattice, Abram 30 

Mattice, Conrad 36 

Mattice, Elias 36 

Mattice, Frederick, Jr 36 

Mattice, Frederick 57 

Mattice, George 36 

Mattice, Henry, Jr 36 

Mattice, John 36 

Mattice, John Jr 36 

Mattice, Joseph 42 

Mattice, Nichohis F 36 

Mattice, Nicholas, Jr 36 

Merenes, George 28 

Merenes, Jeremiah 52 

Merkel, Jacob 28 

Merkel, John 52 

Merkel, Nicholas 52 

Jlerkel, Heury 28 

Merke], Philip 45 

McCoy, John 45 

Money, J acob 28 

Morrell, James 55 

Murphey, Timothy 59 

Murray, James 46 

Murray, Thomas 55 

Nicholas, Garret 49 

Otto, Frank 46 

Otto, Godlove 46 

Pain, John 46 

Fatchen, Isaac 40 

Patchen, Freegift 41 

Pick, Martinus 46 

Price, Daniel 28 

Reinhart, George 28 

Reinhart, William 29 

Resue, John 29 

Richtmyer, Christian 42 

Richtmy er, George 41 

Richtm3^er, Jacob 36. 

Richtmyer, Peter 54 

Rickert, George 46 

Rickert, John 42 

Rickert, Marcus 42 

Rickert, Nicholas 46 

Rilyea, Henry 30 

Ritter, John 46 

Ritter, William 46 

River, Benj 29 

Rorick, Earner 29 

Rorick, Caspar 29 

Roth, Thomas 46 



Page. 

Rumrath, Henry 46 

Salge, Henry 29 

Sattcrly, Eacus 47 

Schell, Adam 46 

Schell, Christian 46 

Schell, George 30 

Schell, Frederick 54 

Schell, Jacob F 30 

Schell, John F 30 

Schoolcraft, Jacob 29 

Schoolcraft, John 30 

Schoolcraft, Lawrence 21 

Schoolcraft, Lawrence, Jr 30 

Schoolcraft, Peter 30 

Schoolcraft, William 54 

Schuyler, John 30 

Schuyler, Simeon 52 

Shafer, Adam 29 

Shafer, Adam, Jr 52 

Shafer, Christian 35 

Shafer, Uewalt 52 

Shafer, George 37 

Shafer, Jacob 52 

Shafer, John F 29 

Shafer, John H 48 

Shafer, John T 46 

Shafer, John, Jr 52 

Shafer, Joseph 52 

Shafer, Hendricus 29 

Shafer, Henry 49 

Shafer, Lambert 52 

Shafer, Marcus 29 

Shafer, Marcus, Jr 29 

Shafer, Peter 49 

Shafer, Tennis 29 

Shelmendine, Richard 35 

Shelmendine, George 46 

Sidney, Joseph. . 30 

Sidney, Henry 30 

Sidney, Peter 30 

Sidney, William 31 

Singer, John V 52 

Slyder, Nicholas 46 

Smith, Thomas 55 

Snyder, Gaorge 36 

Snyder, Jacob 21 

Snyder, Jacob 36 

Snyder, John 31 

Snyder, John 31 

Snyder, John, Jr 46 

Snyder, Heni-y 36 

Snyder, Lodwig 31 

Snyder, Peter 56 

Snyder, Philip 57 

Snyder, William. 53 

Steinbrunner, Benj 47 



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71 



Page. 

Sternberg, Abram 31 

Sternberg, David 23 

Sternberg, Jacob 31 

Sternberg, Lambert 49 

Sternberg, Nicholas 18 

Strobeck, Adam 59 

Stubrach, Barent 31 

Stubrach, Christian 21 

Sutherland, Ancus. 47 

Swart, Lawrence 36 

Swart, Peter, ens 34 

Swart, Peter 37 

Swart, Teunis . 53 

Thorp, Ezra 58 

Tufts, Zachariah 02 

Turner, James ii3 

Valentine, John 49 

Valkenberg, Joachim 37 

Valkenberg, Jacob 37 

Valkenberg, John 37 

Valkenberg, Joseph 31 

Van Dyck, Cornelius 47 

Van Dyck, Jacob 31 

Van Dyck, John 55 

Van Antwerp, John 47 

Van Loan, Jacob 37 

Van Slyke, Martin 33 

Van Slyke, Peter 47 

Vosburg, Harmanus 37 

Vrooman, Adam 57 

Vrooman, Adam A 37 

Vrooman, Barent 23 

Vrooman, Bartholemew C 38 

Vrooman, Bart 42 

Vrooman, Barent, Jr 47 

Vrooman, Abram 57 

Vrooman Ephraim 34 

Vrooman, Ephraim 32 

Vrooman, Isaac 37 



Page. 

Vrooman, Isaac, Jr 38 

Vroman, John 37 

Vrooman, Martinus 56 

Vrooman, Peter B 19 

Vrooman, Peter 47 

Vrooman, Peter A 38 

Vrooman, Peter C 32 

Vrooman, Peter I 38 

Vrooman, Samuel 38 

Vrooman, Simon 38 

Vrooman, Teunis 56 

Warner, Christopher 47 

Warner, George 17 

Warner, George, Jr 53 

Warner, Joseph 53 

Warner, Nicholas 48 

Webber, Henry, Jr 32 

Werth, Henry 32 

Werth, John 32 

Wilber, John 61 

Winnie, Conrad 62 

Yansen, Henry 45 

Yansen, John 45 

Yansen, Joseph 45 

Young, William 32 

Zeh, David 47 

Zeh, Joseph 47 

Zeh, John 53 

Zeh, Nicholas 47 

Ziectaft, Jacob 23 

Zielie, Peter 55 

Zielie, Martin W . . ; 41 

Zielie, Peter U 20 

Zimmer, Adam 32 

Zimmer, Jacob 18 

Zimmer, Peter 24 

Zimmer, George 32 

Zimmer, Jacob, Jr 32 

Zimmer, William 32 



WAR OF 1812 AND MEXICAN WAR. 

Chap. I. — Copy of Commission — Sketcb of War of 1812 — Names and Dates of Battles — 
Growls — Kellogg's Artillery — Roll Call of Levies of Militia. 

CuAF. II. — Mexican War — Names and Dates of Battles — Roll Call — Index to part 2d. 

Chapter I, 

copy OF COMMISSION ISSUED. 

The People of the State of New York, by the grace of God free 
and independent. 

To John Warner^ gi*eeting. 

We reposino; especial trust and confidence as well in your patriot- 
ism, conduct and loyalty, as in }onr integrity and readiness to do us 
good and faithful service, Have appointed and constituted, and by 
these presents Do appoint and constitute you the said John Warner 
Captain of a Company in the 113tli Regiment of Infantry of our 
said State; you are therefore to take said Company into your charge 
and care, as Captain thereof, and duly to exercise tlie OiScers and 
Soldiers of that Company in arms, who are hereby commanded to 
obey you as their Captain ; and you are also to observe and follow such 
orders and directions as you shall from time to time receive from our 
General and Commander in Chief of the Militia of our said State, 
or an}^ other your superior officer, according to the Rules and 
Discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you ; and for 
so doing this shall be your Commission for and during our good 
pleasure, to be signified by our Council of. Appointment. 

In Testimony whereof^ We have caused our Seal for Military Com- 
missions to be hereunto affixed : Witness our trusty and well beloved 
John Taylor Esquire Lieut. Governor of said State, General and 
Commander in Cliief of allthe Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the 
same, by and with the advice and consent of our said Council of Ap- 
pointment, at our city of Albany, the Fourth day of March in the 



War of 1812. 73 

year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, — and in 
the 41st year of our independence. John Taylor. 

[Seal Passed the secretary's office the 24th Day of April 1817.] 

Charles D. Coopp:r Secretary. 



WAR OF 1S12. 



The causes leading to the war of 1812 and '14 may, in a general 
way, be set down as equally aggravating and oppressive as those 
which brought on the war of the Revolution. Before the former 
war England claimed the right to control the government, commer- 
cial interests, and revenue of the Colonies. After the Revolution and 
as early as 1794, she insisted upon her right to search American ves- 
sels for deserting British seamen ; a practice which led to the im- 
pressment of American sailors under a pretense. England was undis- 
puted ruler of the seas, and any forcible resistance to her system of 
wholesale kidnapping was met by overpowering force. In June of 
1807, the commander of the English frigate " Leopard " opened fire 
on the American frigate " Chesapeake," after its commander had re- 
fused to suffer search of his vessel, or show the muster-roll of his crew. 
After this insult. President Jefferson issued a proclamation ordering 
all British vessels to leave American waters. The British govern- 
ment disavowed the act of the admiral commanding their fleet, but 
still maintained the "right of search" ; which was simply the right 
in nearly every case to recruit the crews of her navy by impressing 
American sailors. The episode of 1807 contributed to make British 
naval officers more insolent and aggressive ; while on the other hand 
it awoke tlie American people from their apathy and forbearance. A 
system of discipline and training was introduced into the naval" ser- 
vice, and the crews of trading vessels were trained to repel hostile 
attacks, which bore fruit in the war which followed, in overthrowing 
the supremacy of " Britannia" on the high seas. Owing to the in- 
significance of the American Navy, wholesale spoliation of Ameri- 
can ships continued, vessels were seized, crews impressed, remon- 
strances ignored, and to complete the servitude of the States, a 
" paper blockade" was set forth, forbidding intercourse with other 
nations. France prohibited trade with England, and England de- 
clared an embargo against all countries from which her ships were 
excluded. To this Napoleon replied by declaring that any vessel, 
of whatever nation, which submitted to English search would bailable 
10 



74 ScHOHAEiE County Veterans. 

to capture as English property. And thus the commerce of America 
came between two tires. In these unjust acts, Napoleon was the most 
reasonable of the two powers. It is estimated, that during the five 
years preceding the war of 1812, over one thousand American vessels, 
with their cargoes, were captured. In March. 1809, James Madison 
assumed the executive, and the British minister proposed a settlement 
of disputes between tlie two countries. His proposals were very grati- 
fying to the American peo'ple. A treaty was ratified by the Ameri- 
can Cabinet on the 19th of April, 1809. Relying on the sincerity 
of the British minister. President Madison issued a proclamation to 
the American people, that trade between the United States and 
England would be resumed on the 10th of June following. The 
British government disavowed the treaty, recalled Minister Erskine, 
and appointed F. J. Jackson as his successor, wIkj subsequently ami 
publicly insulted the American government by his insolent language. 
Insolence and abuses on the part of tlie British Navy continued 
without hindrance or reparation until the night of May 16,1811, 
M'hen, off the coast of Virginia, Commodore Rodgers, of the United 
States frigate " President " hailed a strange vessel in the darkness. 
His hail was answered by a shot, and broadsides from both vessels 
followed. The enemy proved to be the English sloop of war 
" Little Belt," and her loss of thirty-two men killed and wounded 
should have convinced her commanding officer, Captain Bingham, 
that his manner of answering a civil question, on a dark night, was not 
in accordance with American etiquette. This determined act of resist- 
ance was productive of some good, but the teasing insolence of British 
naval officers and the seizure of American vessels continued. After 
negotiations. Napoleon repealed his restrictions to American com- 
merce, April 28, 1811, and England followed June 23, 1812, but her 
duplicity and stubbornness had deferred action until too late to avert 
the ])unishment which followed. On Junel, President Madison, in 
a message to Congress, ])roposed war, and after an excited debate a 
declaration of war was passed in the House by a majority of thirty, 
and in the Senate by a majority of six, and signed by the President 
on the 18th of June, 1812. At this time party spirit ran high, and 
as there was strong opposition to the war among the wealthy* and 
speculating class of people in the eastern cities, the two questions, 
purse or principle, as in other critical periods of our history, divided 
the people to a serious extent. War between the two countries was 
inaugurated by Commodore Rodgers on the 21st of June, and three 
days after the declaration, by sailing in search of the British lion on 



War of 1812. 75 

his own liigliway. During the remainder of the year a series of vic- 
tories were gained by Yankee skill and "pluck," which surprised 
both nations. Yankee privateers also made handsome returns, in 
the capture of between two and three hundred prizes before the end of 
the year. During the war of 181^2 and 1814, the American sailor 
had potent cause to tight the " Sea Robber," and the victories he 
achieved stand unprecedented in naval warfare. We crown him 
hero, and commend him with his commanders, Rodgers, Hull, De- 
catur, Jones, Porter and Bainbridge, to the unlimited respect of a 
free people. We will now refer to affairs nearer home, and within 
the province of this record. The campaign began by tlie occupation 
of Detroit, by General Hull at the head of about two thousand five 
hundred Militia. The British, as usual, had gathered a large force 
of Indians for service, and with an army contingent, took advantage 
of the cowardice or imbecility of General Hull, to gain important 
posts and positions. A fter a few weak and vacillating attacks, and 
on his position being threatened by the British General Brock, he 
surrendered his army. Hull was exchanged for thirty prisoners, 
court-martialed and sentenced to be hung ; but like other ti-aitors, 
his life was spared. While repeated victories crowned the efforts of 
the navy, disaster and defeat met our army along the frontier at 
eveiy step. Drafts of Militia from Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsyl- 
vania werft made in August, and on the 24th of September General 
Wilham fl. Harrison wasappointedCommander-in-Chief of the Army 
of the North-west. 

The principal American posts on the northern frontier were, Sack- 
ett's Harbor and Plattsburg — Buffalo, Black Rock and Lewiston be- 
ing in the series, but located on the so-called Niagara frontier. 

On the 11th of October, 1812, an attack was made by General Van 
Rensselaer, with a large force of Militia and a detachment of Regulars, 
on Queenstown, opposite Lewiston. Van Rensselaer at the head 
of one hundred men crossed the river and silenced the fort. Both 
sides being reinforced, a general engagement ensued, and success 
appeared assured, but when the Militia were called upon, they re- 
fused to cross the river, beyond the territory of the United States. 

General Van Rensselaer was obliged to abandon the advantage 
gained, and recross the river with a loss of six hundred killed and 
wounded and thirty captui-ed. 

Van Rensselaer resigned, and General Smyth, of the Regular Army, 
was assigned as his successor, but did nothing to encourage the people 
or the troops under him. In the meantime, war vessels had been 



76 Schoharie County Veterans. 

set afloat on the lakes by both powers. On Lake Ontario, Commo- 
dore Chauncej commanded seven small schooners, whicli maintained 
the supremacy throughout the season against double the force of tlie 
enemy. The only armed vessel on Lake Erie at the beginning of 
the war had been surrendered at Detroit. 

In JSTovember, 1812, Congress negotiated for peace on condition 
that British seamen should not be employed on American vessels, 
and that England should not employ American subjects <»n British 
vessels. The British government refused to entei-tain the proposal, 
and still claimed the right to impress American seamen. Early in 
June, 1813, General Harrison sent out two detachments under Gen- 
eral Winchester and Colonel Lewis, which were successful, -ukI con- 
centrated at Frenchtown in the present State of Michigan, and be- 
low Detroit. 

Here Winchester neglected precaution, and was unexpectedly at- 
tacked at daylight on the 32d of January, by British and Lidians 
under Colonel Proctor. Winchester and Lewis were taken prisoners 
and a portion of their troops routed, while the remainder held tbeir 
position. Proctor assured the American general that unless the bal- 
ance of his troops surrendered they would be taken and massacred 
by the Indians, but if they would lay down their arms immediately, 
they would be treated as prisoners of war. Under a flag of truce, 
Winchester ordered his men to surrender, and after their compliance, 
they were tomahawked, sliot and burned alive, while Pi'octor made 
no effort to prevent the inhuman slaughter. The massacre at FreiK^h- 
town aroused the people of Ohio and Kentucky, and large bodies of 
volunteers joined General HarrisoTi. During the spring. Fort Meigs 
was erected at the rapids of the Miami river. On the 1st of May, 
this place was besieged by a large force of British and Indians under 
Pi-octor. On the 6th of May, General Clay with one thousand two 
hundred Kentuckians charged on the besiegers from several points, 
and drove them from their position. The Kentuckians became care- 
less and scattered after their supposed victory, and were charged in 
turn by the British, and completely routed. On the 9th the eneniy 
raised the siege and retreated. 

Early in the spring of 1813, a body of troops had been concen- 
trated at Sackett's Harbor, under General Dearborn. After naval 
preparations had been sufficiently completed. General Dearborn with 
one thousand seven hundred men embarked for an attack on York, the 
capital of Upper Canada. An advance party under General Pike 
gained the shore, drove the enemy from their outer works, and after 



War of 1812. 77 

being joiued by the remaining troops, carried the first battery by 
assault. At tliis moment the enemy's magazine exploded, hurling a 
shower of stones and timbers upon the victorious Americans. Al- 
thougli the city fell to the Americans, the victory cost them dearly 
in the loss of three hundred and twenty killed and wounded ; and 
nearly all by the explosion. General Pike was mortally wounded. 
According to tradition, his body was preserved in a pipe of rum, fur 
transmission home. On the 27th of May, Fort George was captui'cd 
from the British. During a night engagement, June 5tli at Stony 
Creek, Generals Winder and Chandler of theAmeiican Army were 
taken prisoners. On the same day tlie Americans attacked Fort 
George, the British made an attack on Sackett's Harbor. The 
Militia stationed at that post, numbering about one thousand un- 
der General Brown, fled at the first assault, but the Regulars under 
Colonel Backus made a stubborn resistance, which enabled General 
Brown to rally his Militia, and by a stratagem, to create a panic among 
the enemj- and cause him to retreat to his boats, and pull for the 
other shore. From February to July, the notorious Admiral Cock- 
burn amused himself by burning villages, plundering farm-houses, 
and conmiitting revolting outrages upon the inhabitants along the 
shores of Chesapeake bay. 

In August of 1813, the British began a campaign against all the 
American posts along the Erie frontier. Sufficient volunteers had 
not arrived to warrant an attempt to hold all tiiose positions, and 
General Harrison ordered Major Croghan, a young officer command- 
ing a small fort at Lower Sandusky, to retire, if attacked, after de- 
stroying the works. With a force of one hundred and sixty men 
and one six pounder the young major took the responsibility of 
disobeyino; his superior officer, when attacked by Proctor with five 
hundred Regulars, seven hundred Indians and some gunboats. Proc- 
tor charged the little fort with his overwhelming force, but his men 
were cut down and rented, with a loss to the Americans of but one 
killed and seven wounded. Croglian and his companions were liighly 
complimented by General Hari-ison, and received the thanks of Con- 
gress, while the major received promotion. Meantime Commodore 
Perry had been making great effort to complete and arm a fleet on 
Lake Erie. 

On August 4, 1813, he was able to leave Poi't Erie, and on the 
13th he anchored in the Bay of Sandusjvv. At this place he re- 
ceived additional troops and started on a cruise with a fleet of nine 
vessels and fifty-four guns. On the 10th of September, at Put-in- 



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Bay, the fleet of tlie enemy, consisting of six larger vessels and 
carrying sixty-three guns, was discovered advancing to the attack. At 
a quarter to twelve, noon, the enemy's flag-ship, " Queen Charlotte," 
opened fire on Perry's vessel, "The Lawrence," whicli he was soon 
compelled to abandon and transfer his flag to another vessel, " The 
Niagara," under the fire of the enemy. After a contest of three hours 
every vessel belonging to the enemy was captured, and Commodore 
Perry announced his victory to the people by the message : " We 
have met the enemy and they are oursP The American loss was 
twenty-seven killed and ninety-six wounded, while the loss to the 
British amounted to two hundred killed and wounded and six hun- 
dred prisoners ; more than the whole number of Americans engaged. 

On the 2d of October General Harrison, at the head of about 
three thousand five hundred men, crossed the river near Maiden, 
Canada, and overtook the enemy at the Moravian towns on the 
Thames on the 5tli. At this time the American force consisted of 
the Ohio contingent and four thousand Kentuckians under General 
Shelby. After preparation the Americans charged upon the 
enemy, who made a short resistance. The greatest opposition was 
made by the noted Indian chief, Tecumseh, and his followers, and 
after that warrior was slain by the Kentucky colonel, Johnson, the 
fight was abandoned. Proctor, who had been in command, fled at 
the first charge of the Americans and escaped. This victory ended 
hostilities from the Indians. Detroit was occupied by General Cass 
with about one thousand men, and General Harrison with the 
balance of his army proceeded to Buffalo. 

The successes of the North-western Army had opened the way to 
invade Canada under less difficulties. A strong force had been col- 
lected and were commanded by more experienced otticers. After 
the death of Tecumseh the Indians declared themselves hostile to 
the British. General Wilkinson had been transferred from the 
South to the command of the Ontario frontier, having eight thousand 
men under him, and augmented by the troops under General Har- 
rison ; General Hampton with about four thousand men occupied 
Plattsburg. Dui-ing October operations against the enemy were 
initiated by the occupation of Grenadier Island at the head of the 
St. Lawrence river, and between Sackott's Harbor and Kingston. 
The plan of the campaign embraced the descent of the St. Law- 
rence, passing the British posts, the concentration of troops, and 
after forming a junction with the troops under General Hampton 
from Plattsburg, the invasion of Montreal. On the 6th of Noveni- 



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ber the army was put in motion with the advance under the com- 
mand of Brigadier-General Brown, and in the evening landed a few 
miles above the British Fort Prescott. After a reconnoisance the 
ammunition was transported to a safe point below the fort by land, 
while the flotilla and troops passed safely down the river, but not 
without beino: discovered and fired on. Before ten o'clock of the 
7th the whole army had reached Ogdensbnrg. Two vessels of the 
flotilla had been driven to shelter near Ogdensburg by the enemy's 
tire, but after some skirmishing were released by the army. After 
leaving Ogdensburg the advance of the American troops was con- 
tested both by land and water, though not seriously interrupted. On 
the 11th a serious engagement took place at Chrysler's Field, which 
resulted in the withdrawal of both armies. On the same day the 
Americans concentrated at a place called Barnhart. At Ogdens. 
burg, Wilkinson had sent couriers to Hampton at Plattsburg, request- 
ing his co-operation, and at Barnhart he received a reply that 
Hampton could not join him at St. Regis as ordered. 

During the latter half of October, Hampton had descended the Cha- 
teaugay river on a reconnoisance, crossing the boundary line on the 
21st to find his course obstructed by Sir George Provost, who had 
suspected the design of the Americans against Montreal. After sev- 
eral skirmishes with the enemy, and finding his advance obstructed, 
Hampton retreated and went into winter quarters at French's Mills. 
With his failure to join Wilkinson afterward, the campaign ended, 
to the disgust of the people, who had expected much. But not so with 
the little fleet under Chauncey. From the 17th of September until 
winter he chased the British Admiral Sir James Yeo from port to 
port, making some captures and remaining master of Lake Ontario. 
General Harrison arrived at Buffalo soon after the departure of Wil- 
kinson, but for want of transports was unable to follow until he had 
gone into winter quarters. During December, the term of service 
of the Militia under him having expired. General McClure in com- 
mand at Fort George blew up the fort and retired across the river. 
On the 1 9th, Fort Niagara was surprised by British forces under 
Colonel Murray, and the garrison put to the sword. Lewiston and 
other small villages along the Niagara were burned, and many of the 
inhabitants butchered. On the 30th of December, a detachment of 
British crossed at Black Rock, proceeded to Buffalo, burned that vil- 
lage and devastated the adjoining country. At the end of the year 
1813, the prosecution of the war against England had become more 
popular. The continued series of victories over the naval forces of 



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England, on both ocean and lakes, Lad aroused the courage and grati- 
tude of the nation, while the system of warfare ado])ted by the 
British, and supplemented by the Indian massacres in Georgia, aroused 
a spirit of determination to drive the enemy from American terri- 
tory. 

During the winter of 1813 and 1814 a brisk war was carried on 
against the Creek Nation of Indians who had begun hostilities the sum- 
mer previous. They were defeated in several engagements, and in the 
spring of 1814 the greater part of tliem surrendered. A treat}' of 
peace, in sevei-e terms, was dictated by General Jackson during tlic 
Summer following, which the Indians accepted. In February, 1814, 
the Northern Army removed from winter quarters to Flattsburg, and 
from that point a detachment of two thousand men under General 
Brown marched to Sackett's Harbor, and in March to Niagara. 

On March 80, 1814, General Wilkinson crossed the Canada line 
and attacked the enemy at La Cole Mill, near Rouse's Point, and was 
defeated with a loss of over one hundred and forty men killed and 
wounded. During the fall and winter of 1813 and 1814, Commo- 
dore McDonough had been busily engaged in building a fleet for 
the protection of Lake Champlain, but did not receive the neces- 
sary guns and ordnance stores until spring. On the 25th of April, 
an attempt was made by the British to blow up the American fleet ly- 
ing in Sackett's Harbor, which failed. Early in Ma}^, Sir James 
Yeo bombarded Oswego, and after a third attempt landed his force 
and captured the town, but failed to secure the naval stores — the ob- 
ject of the expedition. On the 29th of May a ])arty of four lieu- 
tenants of the British Navy, with two lieutenants of Marines 
and one hundred and thirty men, were captured at Sandy Creek, 
below Oswego. Tlie campaign on the Niagara did not open until 
July. On the 2d, General Brown crossed the river and captured 
Fort Erie. On the 5th, he advanced against General Rial, who was 
posted in a very strong position at Chippeway. A general engage- 
ment took place on the plain before the town, in which the British 
were repulsed and driven to their batteries, when, night coming on, the 
battle ended. Great praise was due the Americans for this victory, 
as most of the troops engaged were raw recruits, while the enemy 
were veterans who had fought in Europe. General Brown continued 
his advance while the enemy fell back in the direction of Fort George. 
After some skirmishing the two armies met for battle, on the 25th of 
July, at Bridgcwatei- near Niagara Falls, and after a stubborn and 
unequal contest the enemy were driven from the field. Generals 



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Brown and Scott were both wounded during tliis battle. The 
American Army fell back to Fort Erie and began strengthening its 
defenses. General Drummond appeared before the place on the 3d 
of August, and began a siege which lasted until before daybreak of 
the 15th, when his forces stormed the fort in three columns, under the 
order to '■'' give no quarter.'''' Under such circumstances the fighting 
became desperate, and the British were defeated with a loss of five 
hundred and ninety-two killed, wounded, and prisoners. Among the 
killed of the enemy were fourteen officers, including General Drum- 
mond, who gave the infamous order. The loss to the Americans was 
eighty-three. The enemy remained in three positions in front and rear 
of the fort until the 17th of September, when the Americans made a 
sortie on the British batteries in their front, carried the works, spiked 
the camion, and took the besiegers prisoners back to Fort Erie. 

The Americans lost five liundred and eleven men ; the British one 
thousand men and their cannon. Near tlie 1st of September Sir 
George Provost led his army against Plattsburg, while his fleet pro- 
ceeded up the lake on his left, for a combined attack on that place. 
To oppose his large force. General McComb had but one thousand 
live hundred troops and no proper defenses. He called on General 
Mooers foi' New York Militia, and received about seven hundred 
men. With this small force he harassed the enemy on his march 
to Plattsburg, General McComb abandoned the town and fortified 
himself on the south side of the Saranac river, opposite, by removing 
the planks from the bridge and converting them into breast-works. 
Instead of making an immediate assault, the British commander erec- 
ted works and began a siege. By the 11th of September a consider- 
able force of New York and Vermont Militia had been collected, 
and stationed along the south bank of the Saranac. After the first 
day's service under fire, the Militia bore up to the work bravely, and 
resisted all attempts of the enemy to cross. In the meantime Com- 
modore McDonough with his little fleet of four ships and ten gal- 
leys, carrying eighty-six guns, lay in Plattsburg bay, awaiting the 
British flotilla , which had been delayed. At eight o'clock on the 
morning of the 11th of September, 1814, the British fleet were sighted, 
and at nine o'clock it came to anchor abreast of the American squad- 
ron, and about three hundred yards distant. A fierce conflict be- 
gan at once, between the two fleets, and between the two armies on 
shore. The fight on the water was carried on with sucli obstinacy 
and fierceness, that when the enemy were obliged to surrender, there 
was scarcely a mast in either squadron capable of carrying a sail. 
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82 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Wliile the two squadrous were fighting, the British were making 
desperate efforts to cross the river, and failing in each attempt. 
Under cover of the night, Provost retreated with his baggage and 
artillery, leaving his sick and wounded behind, A large quantity 
of military stores fell into the hands of the Americans. The nn- 
iisual fea'ture of a battle between opposing powers, on land and 
water, so near as to be almost united, characterizes the battle of 
Plattsburi^ as a notable engagement in the list of battles of modern 

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times. The victory gained by the Americans over a number so greatly 
superior is the highest compliment to their bi'avery, and gave to 
the wag poet license to tell how " McDonough had a little boat " 
and whipped " Provost on a little ])ond, back side of Albany." The 
battle of Plattsl)urg ended the series of noteworthy engagements on 
our northern frontier. 

During April, and early summer of 1814, tlie British invaded many 
ports along the north Atlantic coast . In the middle of August a 
fleet of sixty sail under Admiral Cockburn entered the Chesapeake 
bay, and landed six tiionsand men at Benedict, Md., on the Patux- 
ent river. This force reached Bladensburg, dispersed • the Militia, 
and on the 24th of August the Capital fell into the enemy's hands^ 
and by order of General Ross, the Capital, President's House, Ex- 
ecutive offices, Navy Yard and ships were burned. On the 11th of 
September the enemy's fleet appeared at the mouth of the Patapsco 
river, fourteen miles below Baltimore. 

On the day following, a force of six thousatjd men, veterans from 
Wellington's Army, was landed at North Point, On the 13th they 
were met by General Stryker with three thousand Militia, who fell 
back after a sharp skirmish, in whi(!h the British General Ross Was 
killed. After the American retreat had been continued for a time, 
their artillei-y opened tire, and the engagement became general ; 
during which General Stryker contended against great odds until late 
in the afternoon, when he was ol)liged to reti'cat. In the meantime, 
bomb vessels from the British fleet hud ojjened fire on Fort McHenry 
from a distance of two miles, and were gradually approaching, when 
a heavy fire from the fort compelled them to regain their first posi- 
tion. The bombardment continued through the day and night, 
during which time the inhabitants of Baltimore awaited the result, 
anxious and sleepless. But, " By the dawn's early light" they saw 
that " our flag was still there." On the morning of the 14th the 
bombardment ceased, and during the following night the land force 
of the enemy I'etreated and ^vere followed by their fleet. During 



War of 1812. 8S.. 

September, October, November and December, the English were 
opei'ating along the coast bordering the Gulf of Mexico. An invita- 
tion was extended to La Fitte, the Pirate, who had been outlawed 
bj the United States, to join in the invasion, and he had refused, 
but under offer of pardon by the Governor of Louisiana, he joined 
the Americans. 

General Jackson, who had been engaged in the Creek Avar, marched 
to Pensacola, and captured that place on the 7th of November. 
Learning of danger to New Orleans, he repaired to that place. 
Reaching it December 2, he began active preparati«:>ns for defense. 
He constructed a breast-work, eight miles below New Orleans, ex- 
tending from the river on his right, to a cypress swamp on his left. 
On the 28th of December, and before his defenses were complete, 
the British made an attack, bat wei'e forced to retreat. Tn this af- 
fair the British force amounted to fifteen thousand Regular troops, 
while the Americans numbered six thousand men and chiefly raw 
Militia. On January 7 the American defenses were complete, and 
the English made preparations for an apparently succetjsful attack, 
and on the morning following they moved on the American works 
with twelve thousand men in two columns, supported by a reserve, 
and a detachment sent to operate against the right of Jackson's works. 
Perfect silence prevailed behind the Auierican intrenchments until 
the enemy came within effective range of the batteries, when a de- 
structive fire was opened. 

The British pressed on until within range of the muskets of the 
Militia, when the fire became so destructive as to throw them into 
confusion. In attempting to restore order the British commander. 
Sir Edward Paekenham, was killed. Two of his generals, Gibbs 
and Keane, succeeded in moving theii- columns forward the second 
time, to meet greater destruction than at the first advance. The ad- 
vancing columns broke in the third attempt to rally them, and Gibbs 
was mortally wounded and Keane seriously. The remaining general, 
Lambert, being unable to check the flight of the enemy, retired to his 
encampment. The detachment sent against Jackson's right met 
with greater success, and had succeeded in driving the right of the 
line from their position, but the disastrous repulse of the enemy in 
front caused the British Colonel Thornton to retreat across the river. 
On the night of the 8th the British abandoned their camp and in all 
haste they re-embarked and left the county. The Bi'itisli lion had 
cuffed and clawed poor Tray until he was ready to fight for his 
rights. On the 24th of December, previous to the battle of New 



84 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Orleans, a treaty of peace liad beeu signed, and on the 18th of Feb- 
ruary it was ratified by the Senate of the United States. 



PROMINENT ENGAGEMENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE 
ALONG THE NORTHERN FRONTIER. 

Queenstown, October ii, 1812. 

Queenstown, Upper Canada, on the west side of the Niagara 
river, live miles from its month, and opposite Lewiston. 

Massacre at Frenchtown, January 22, 1813. 
Frenchtown, Michigan, south-east part, on the River Raisin. 

Battle of York, April 27, 1813. 

York, then the capital of Upper Canada. The name is changed 
to Toronto, which is still the capital ; situated on the north-western 
shore of Lake Ontario. 

Fort George, Captured May 27, 1813. 

Fo)'t George was situated on the (^unada side of the mouth of the 
Niagara river. 

Stony Creek, June 5, 1813. 

Stony Creek ; east of and near Burlington bay, at the extreme 
western end of Lake Ontario. 

Sackett's Harbor, May 27, 1813. 

Saclceifs Harbor ■ at the eastern end of Lake Ontario and south 
of its mouth. 

Perry's Victory, September 10, 1813. 

Put-in-Bay / tlie western end (tf Lake Eric and opposite the 
south-eastern corner of Michigan. 

Battle of the Thames, October 5, 1813. 
Moravian Tovws, Upper Canada; on the Tliames river. 

Ogdensburg, November 7, 1813. 

Ogdenshurg^ N. Y., on the St. Lawrence river and seventy-miles 
from Lake Ontario. 



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Chrysler's Field, November ii, 1813. 

Chrysler'' s Field, on the Canada side of the St. Lawrence river 
and thirty miles below Ogdensbnrg. The engagement took place 
on the farm of Chrysler, probably the land given Chrysler, of Revo- 
lutionary notoriety, for his services. 

Massacre of Fort Niagara, December 19, 1813. 

Fo7't Niagara, on the American side of the mouth of Niagara 
river. 

Capture of Oswego, May, 1814. 

Osioego, N. Y., at the mouth of the Oswego river, which empties 
into Lake Ontario near its eastern shore. 

Capture of Fort Erie, July 2, 1814. 

Fort Erie, on the Canada side of the head of the Niagara river 
and opposite Buffalo. 

Battle of Chippeway, July 5, 1814. 

Chippeway, Canada, opposite the foot of Grand Island in the 
Niagara river. 

Battle of Bridgewater, July 25, 1814. 

Bridgewater, Canada, north of Chippeway and near the falls of 
Niagara. 

Fort Erie, Second Battle, August 15, 1814. 
Fort Erie, Third Battle, September 17, 1814. 

Battle of Plattsburg, September 11, 1814. 

Plattsburg , N. Y., on the west shore of Lake Champlain, and 
midway and on the north bank of the mouth of the Saranac river. 



GROWLS. 

The mnster-out rolls or military record of the New York State 
troops who served in the war of 1812 are and have been in the ofidce 
of the Third Auditor of the Treasury at Washington for several 
years. As they embrace the muster out of the members of Van 
Yechten's Battalion and Kellogg Artillery, which appears to be the 



86 ScHOHAKiE County Veterans. 

ouly military record in existence ; without data from them the men 
cannot be arranged in order with record of service and a full roster of 
those serving given. After meeting with unexpected success in col- 
lecting data of other wars and receiving enconrgement and assist- 
ance from comrades, the public, and chief of bureau, and librarian in 
our State, it is extremely disappointing, after making three ap- 
plications and stating the purposes for which information is wanted, 
and from New York State documents, to meet with refusal and 
equivocation and silence. I can conceive of no irregularity in a re- 
quest for information solely for historical purposes, and I can find 
no justification for withholding it. There may be causes or reasons 
of a morbid nature, such as afflict some persons when feeding at the 
public crib and enjoying the blessings of life and liberty, secured to 
them by the blood and suffering of the common soldier whose record 
I wish to set up, that he may not be entirel}'^ ignored and forgotten 
by those who are competent to appreciate his services. 

Aside from the roster of Kellogg's Artillery, the names of veterans 
given and other data, are obtained by inquiry and from the recol- 
lections of those related to or formerly acquainted with them. There 
appears to have been two levies for troops from this county during- 
the war of 1812 and 1814. Troops raised under the first levy serv- 
ing for a longer term by reason of the war Closing about three 
months after the men under the last di'aft took the field. It ap- 
pears that the men under the last call arrived at Plaltsburg on the 
day following the battle and were in no engagements with the 
enemy during their service. I infer also that the first levies were of 
Van Vech ten's Battalion and were stationed for a time at both Platts- 
burg and Sackett's Harbor. I give all information of the infantry 
Militia obtainable under such difficulties as attend inquiry after 
men whom one cannot name or describe. 



ROLL CALL. 

Infantry. 
Ezra Allen. 



Sumrait — Farmer; single; age 26; served under Major Efner, to 
end of term ; died April 27, 1802, age 75. Children, Edward J., 
David D., William E., Myron W., Ezra, Jr., Ahnira. 



War of 1812. 87 

Henry Becker. 

Middleburg — Died 1855. Graudson, Albert, served in the war 
of the rebellion. 

Philip Bartholemew, Captain, 

came to America at the age of 16, as a soldier under Lafayette; 
settled in the county after tlie Revolution ; commanded a company 
in this war at Plattsburg " for nine months ;" died August 16, 
182-i. Son, Peter A. V, Bartholemew. Grandson, Charles, served 
in the Union Army. 

John Blodgett. 

Schoharie — Teacher; single; died about 1860. Sons, Hiram and 
William, served in the war of the rebellion. 

Robert Burton. 

Schoharie — single; farmer; age 18 ; served full term as substi- 
tute ; died March 28, 1S60. Children, Lyman, Thomas, Lovina, 
Kethaway. Grandson, Perry. 

David Brown, Ensign. 

Seward — Mechanic ; married ; served full term at Plattsburg; died 
April 7, 1878, aged 90; Lana, third wife, surviving. Children, 
Orsamus, Almon, Levi, John W., William I., Beriah G., Eliza J. 

Philip Becker. 

Richmondmlle — Served at Plattsburg in 1814. Son, William. 
Grandsons, Henry, Peter, Levi, Daniel, John, Robert, Myron. A 
grandson, Philip, served in the Union Army. 

Cornelius Brazee, 

Summit — Married ; age 30 ; contracted asthma in the service 
and was discharged for disability. Children, Nellie, Catharine, 
Ebenezer, Tina A. Grandson, John W.; died July 3, 1861, aged 78. 

Jacob Ball. 

Schoharie — Single ; died in the almshouse. 

John P. Becker. 

Wright — Sons, George, William. 



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Isaac Barber, Ensign. 

Olney Briggs 
died August 16, 1S50, aged 70. 

John Jost Becker. 

Wright — Fanner; single; served cat Sackett's Harbor; died 
Ueeember 30, 188G. Children, Rei)ecca Youngs, Betsey Funk. 

Borst, Peter 

CoUesl'iU — T^\(i^ July 19, 18G0. Children, Phebe Brumaghim, 
Eliza Markle. 

Joseph Burnette, First Sergeant, 

enlisted for promotion; served at Plattsburg ; died August 27, 
1862, aged 69. Children, George, Youngs, David, Jane Brand, 
Huldah Bear. 

Jeremiah Brown, Captain. 

CohlesMll — Son of Captain Christian Brown of the Revolution. 
Daughtei-, Elizabeth Borst. Grandchildren, Charles, Amelia, Clara, 
Mrs. Catharine Fox. 

Asa Cleveland, Sergeant. 

Summit — Served a full term under the iirst call ; was promoted 
to sergeant ; served at the battle of Plattsburg and in minor en- 
gagements with the enemy ; served as substitute under the second 
call; died October, 1859. His wife was a daughter of David 
Galusha, a native of France, who served as a sergeant under 
Lafayette in the American Revolution, and afterward became a 
resident of Schoharie county. For nearly twenty years previous to 
his death Cleveland resided near Quincy, Illinois. A grandson^ 
James G. Cleveland, served a full term as regiment commissary of 
Colonel, later Genei'al, John A. Logan's regiment, and re-enlisted. 
Another grandson, F. H. Cleveland, served in the Union Army 
and is on record as a Schoharie county veteran. Charles Hunley, a 
grandson, served in an Illinois regiment during the rebellion also. 
Jacob, a son, and two daughters are living. Other grandchildren 
are: Nathaniel, Jane A. Pindar, Marian and Charles Aten. 

Ebenezer Comstock. 
Summit — Farmer; served at Plattsburg; died March 26, 1857, 



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aged 71 years, 6 months. Grandsons, Joseph Mnlter and David 
Borst, served in the Union Army. 

Samuel Carey. 

Schoharie — Farmer; married; served as teamster. While trans- 
porting a wagon-load of muskets from Schoharie to a northern 
military post, his right ankle was crushed under the wheel of his 
wagon and lie became crij)pled for the remainder of his life ; died 
May 9, 1866. Son, Samuel Swan Carey. Grandsons, Walter, An- 
drew. 

Thomas Cooper. 

Wright — Single ; served under Scott at the battle of Bridge- 
water or " Lundy's Lane," where he was wounded by sabre cut on 
the left slioulder ; died 1862. Grandchildren, George H., David 
and William Bouck. Another grandson, Alonzo Bouck, served in 
the Union Army, and died a prisoner at Florence, South Carolina. 

Noah Dibble, Sergeant, 

enlisted for promotion ; died at Breakabeen, July 6, 1864, aged 76. 
Children, Lewis, Celinda West and five other daughters living. 
Grandchildren, Wesley, Luman N., Noah West, Olive Aker, 
Leonard A. Dennison, Isaac N. Cook, John Hilhaan, Levi Werley, 
James McElroy, Abigail Roney, Robert C. Vaughn. Another 
grandson, William A. Crapser, served in the Union Army. He had 
ten children, fifty-three grandchildren and one hundred and thirty- 
six great-grandchildren. 

John Davis. 

Esperance — His father came from France with Lafayette' s 
army and served in the Revolution ; served at Platteburg. Son, 
Sables, served in the Union Army. 

John Dominick, Captain. 

Wright — Served as drummer in the Revolution ; served under 
Major Efner in this war at Plattsburg; died 1822. Grandsons, 
Weidman, John H., George W. Great-grandsons, John, William, 
Neil P. 

Peter Decatur. 

Middleburg — Single. Sons, Jacob, Abram and James, served in 
the Union Army. 
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90 Schoharie County Veterans. 

John Dingman. 
Schoharie — Children, Albert, Kate E. 

Patrick Dibble, Captain. 

Fulton — Married; age 34 ; enlisted September, 1812 ; commis- 
sioned lieutenant; promoted to captain; died 1865. Son, Caleb. 
Grandsons, Patrick, Marion C, Benjamin, Isaac. 

John Dox. 

Richmondmlle. 

John Enders. 

Schoharie — Died September 27, 1804, aged 72. 

Harvey Efner. 

Middlehurg — Shoemaker; married; died March 29, 1885. 
Children, John, Harvej, Jr., Charles, Joseph, Henry, Hiram, Har- 
riett Getter, Martha A. Carey, Mariatta Owen. Grandson, Jerome 
Getter, served in the Union Army. 

Valentine Efner, Major, 

commissioned major in the regiment organized at Schoharie under 
Colonel Van Vechten and served full term ; elected as repi-esenta- 
tive to Congress during President Jackson's administration; died 
December 27, 1865. Children, Mrs. Charles Whiting, Mrs. Thomas 
McArthur, Ripon, Wis. 

Philip Efner 

served in Captain Bartholemew's company. 

David Eckerson, 

farmer ; married ; son of Cornelius of the Revolution ; was con- 
scripted and furnished a substitute under the first call ; drafted 
again under the last call and served until the close of the war; died 
of rheumatism and paralysis, November 21, 1872, aged 91 years. 
Son, David. Grandchildren, Henry and William ; William killed in 
the war of the rebellion. 

John Freemeyer, Jr. , 

son of John Frimier captured in the Revolution ; " served at 
Sackett's Harbor ;" died August 22, 1876, aged 91. Son, Abraham 
Freemyer, Middleburg, N. Y. 



War of 1812. 91 

John Fanning. 

Sohoharie — Fanner ; married ; died February 14, 1862, aged 78. 
Children, Horace, Mrs William A. Dietz. 

Jacob Feek, Jr. 

Fulton — Son of Jacob of the Revolution. 

Nicholas Feek. 

Schoharie — Died JSTovember 22, 18-15, aged 64 ; son of Peter Feek 
of the Revolution. Children, Catharine E. Mann, Margaret F. 
Houck. 

George Felter. 

Summit — ^Died in the service. 

Charles Gordon 
died June 21, 1880, aged 90. Sons, James H., John A. 

Jerome Gibson. 

^sperance. 

Samuel Granatier. 

Sharon — Single; farmer; died June 5, 1867. Children, Abram 
L., Henry B., Gilbert R., Maria Arnold, Charlotte Collins, Jane 
Fox. Grandson, Samuel, 

Jacob Gardinier. 

Sharon — Married ; died March 22, year not given, aged 75. Chil- 
dren, John, James M., Mary Loucks, aged 61, Ahnira Yosburg. 

Elisha Guernsey. 

CohlesTcill — Grandsons, George, Levi, Ralph and Theodore ; all 
served in the Union Army. 

James Gibbs. 

Wright — Children, James, Anga. 

Henry Herron. 

Middleburg. 

Daniel Hager, Captain, 

died March 2, 1854, aged 81. Grandchildren, Washington, Mary 
A. Decker, Lucinda Sitzer. 



92 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Jacob Hynds. 

Seward — Shoemaker ; married ; died October 6, 1866, aged 78 
years, 10 mouths. Childreu, John W., Christina Braman, Agnes 
Cross, Mary Hoyt. 

Michael Hillsinger. 
Sharon. 

Henry King. 

Cohleskill. 

Lawrence King. 

Cohleskill — Son of Leonard of the Revohition. Children, Chris- 
tian, Betsey Myers, Sarah Snow. 

Christian King. 

Cohleskill— Died in Madison connty, 1882. Grandson, John IL, 
served in the Union Army. 

John Kline. 

Schoharie — Died 1838 ; buried in the Lutheran Cemetery at 
Schoharie with the group of '' 8 soldiers of 1812." Daughter, Rheu- 
amia Rorick. 

Charles Knox. 

Esperance — Esperance, " Plattsburg." Children, George, Catha- 
rine. 

Theobold Hilts, 
son of Christopher of the Revolution. Grandson, Ezra. Great- 
grandson, George D. 

James Jackson. 

John L. Lord. 

Carlisle — Single, aged 17 ; served in same company with Ensign 
David Brown. Died September, 1872, age 85. Children, Henry 
B., Jacob, Lucy Calkins. 

John Murphey, 

son of Timothy of the Revolution. 

Conrad Mattice. 

Blenheim — Single; served under Captain Hager ; died August 
27, 1863 ; widow living in 1890, at the age of 93. 



War of 1812. 93 

George Markel. 

Esperance — " Served at Plattsburg ; " died single. 

Aaron Malick. 

Sharon — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; served three months ; procured 
a substitute for unexpired term and returned home; made the 
journey home alone and through large forests, and depending upon 
the kindness of the inhabitants on his route for food ; died July, 
1850, aged 56. 

Elias Malick, Captain. 

Sharon — Farmer; married, aged 26; served at Sackett's Harbor 
and Plattsburg, and remained until the close of the war; received 
his marching orders while attending church, from " a man on horse- 
back ;" died March 7, 1865, aged 78. Children, John, Daniel, 
Philip, Aaron, Peter, Magaret Hodge, Catharine Jones. Grandson, 
Lester Hodge. 

John Mereness. 

Sharon — Served as substitute. Children, John of Sharon, Wis., 
Harriett. 

Blaisdel Nickerson 
died May, 1865. 

Ezear Nethaway. 

Schoharie — Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; served under Captain Dom- 
inick, aiul discharged at end of war ; died 1862. Children, Nelson, 
Burton C, Grrandson Robert. 

Andrew Oliver 

died January 1, 1850. Children, Sally, William, Abram. Grand- 
son, William Lawyer, served in the Union Army. 

Cornelius Osterhout. 

Cohleshill — Farmer; single; died at Lawyersville, April 15, 
1854, aged 61. Grandchildren, Wilson, Mary, Annie E., Fanny Cole, 
Emma Rowe. 

Henry Parslow 

died 1814. Son, Henry and Grandson, Alonzo, served in the Union 
Army. 

Adam Parslow. 

Middleburg. 



94 Schoharie County Veterans, 

Silas Pierce. 

Blenhenn — Died October IH, 1S59, a^ed 72. Children, Jolin B., 
Garret, Harriett Mann. Grandson, Sanford. 

John Plough. 

Merriman Preston. 

John Ryder. 

Swinmit —Farmer ; single ; detailed as company cook and served 
in that capacity until discharged ; died February 9, 1859, aged 69. 
Children, David, Myron, Amy Merchant. Grandson, Charles. 

Philip Ryder. 

Sfirnm.it — Farmer; single; volunteered as substitute; served 
under Major Efner; entered the service in May, 1813, and remained 
until discharged for end of term ; died August 6, 1837, aged 47 ; 
buried at Summit, N^. Y. Children, Ira, David, Robert, Catharine, 
Mary. 

Amos Ryder, 

brother to John and Philip; removed to Mexico, N. Y., after the 
war; date of death and names of living descendants unkuown. 

Henry B. Reed. 

Broome — Single; served at Sackett's Harbor and Plattsburg; 
died December 8, 1870. Children, Jeremiah, Chancelloi-, Mary A. 
Three grandsons, William L., Jeremiah and David Jackson, served 
in the Union Army. 

Jeremiah Reed. 

Broom.e — Laborer ; single ; served at Sackett's Harbor and Platts- 
burg; brotlier to Henry B. Children, Ellis, Stephen, Daniel, 
George, Saraii, Edwin, Mary, Doris. Two grandsons served in the 
Union Army — Jeremiah and David. 

Peter Rickert, 
son of George of the Kevolution ; died 18.52. 

David J. Rorick. 
Son John served in the Union Army. 



War of 1812. 05 

Calvin Rich 

died at Batavia, N. Y. Grandson, Charles Lane. 

John Settle. 
Wright — Served under Captain Dominick. 

Stephen Stilwell. 

Surmnit — Fanner; married; age 37 ; served at Sackett's Harbor 
and honorably discharged; died at Windsor, N. Y., March 28, 
1870, aged 93. Only son surviving, Thomas Stilwell, served in 
contract service. Construction Corps, during the war of the rebellion. 

Teunis Snook. 

Summit — Removed from the county after the war. No descend- 
ants known to be living. 

Benjamin Sweet, 

a volunteer, wounded by gun-shot at " Lundy's Lane" or the battle 
of Bridgewater. Daughter, Mrs. Giles Kellogg. Two grandsons, 
John S. Sweet and Charles Johnson, served in the Union Army. 

Peter H. Shafer. 

CoMeskill — Son of Henry Shafer of the Revolution ; died Oc- 
tober 20, 1841. 

David Shater. 

Oliver Spencer. 

Cornelius Seymour. 

Jacob Schell. 

WrigJit — Son of John F. of the Revolution ; served six months 
at Sackett's Harbor ; died August, 1840. Sons, Isaac, Adam. Grand- 
son, Isaac. 

John Schell. 

Wright — Brother to Jacob; served three months at Plattsbnrg- 
died ''about" 1870. 

Lawrence Schoolcraft the 3rd. 

Jacob^Stone. 



96 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Frederick Sipperly, Musician. 

Sharon — Served as druinuier ; died April 2, 1878, aged 80. 
Daughter, Marietta Roberts. 

Adam Strobeck. 
Sons, Jolin A,, Peter. 

Jacob Scott 

joined the army at Plattsburg. Children, Janett Borst, Catharine 
Clemens, Nancy Rector. 

Heman Roe. 

Gilhoa—'D\ed^ June 10, 1848, aged 69. Son, Elizer. Grand- 
children, Sanford P., Silas, Loren L. Hewett, Roxy A. ; two others, 
Jenks P. and Daniel S., served in the Union Array. 

John A. Shafer. 

Cobleskill — Served under last call and discharged at end of tlic 
war ; died April 12, 1840. Children, George H., Henry L., 
Annie Anthony, Henrietta Richtmyer, Elizabeth Lamoure. These 
are grandchildren of George AYarner, Jr., of the Revolution. 

John J. Towsen. 
Grandsons, Jacob and George, served in the Union Army. 

Moses Terpenning. 

Summit — Farmer ; married ; served at Sackett's Harbor ; con- 
tracted tlie epidemic fever and was discharged for disability; 
reached home in an emaciated condition ; died February 27, 1865, 
aged 87 years, 11 months. Children, Henry E., Jane Collington, 
Deborali Quail. Grandson, David Crowe. A grandson, Moses, served 
in the Union Army. 

Peleg Taber. 

Smnviit — J^ied May 28, 1871. Three grandsons, Jacob, Gideon 
and Peleg, served in the Union Army. 

Thomas Tibbets. 

Bi'oome — Farmer ; married ; died soon after the war from effects 
of accidental gunshot. Grandsons, John and Henry Haskins, served 
in the Union Army. Great grandson, Irving Maskins. 



" : War of 1813. 97 

Adam P. Vrooman. 

I liHve been given the name of Adam Vrooman, Schoharie ; 
" served as teamster at Ogdensbnrg." In the liistorj of Kellogg's 
company it appears that Adam Vroman was one paid for transport- 
ing men and baggage. Evidently not a soldier. A list of soldiers 
of this war who applied some j^ears after for subsistence and cloth- 
ing gives Adam P. Yroman, Jr. 

Benjamin Warner. 

Wright — Son, Adam. Grandson, Isaac, served in the Union 
Army. 

John Warner. 

Richmondmlle — Farmer ; married ; age 25 ; served nnder Captain 
Brown at Plattsbnrg nntil discharged ; commissioned lieutenant of 
Militia in 1815, and captain in 1817; died December 8, 1870. 
Children, Peter H., Maria Harroway. Grandsons, Melvin and Elias 
Harroway. 

Marcus Warner. 

Richmondville — Farmer ; aged 22 ; served under Captain P)rown 
at Plattsbnrg; died April 13, 1879, aged 88. Children, Nancy M., 
Catharine. 

Jacob Welch. 

Shai'on — A lad who served as orderly for a colonel. 

WiUiam Young. 

Wright — Served nnder Captain Dominick. Daughter, Huldah 
Borst. 

Peter Yansen. 

Middlehurg — Served at Sackett's "Harbor;" died in 1855, 
aged Q^. Sons, Peter, Joseph and Henry, served in the Union 
Army. 

Peter Wiltey. 

Wright — Served under Captain Dominick. 

Teunis Slaughter. 

Middlehurg — Son of Nicholas " Slyder " of the Revolution. 

David Mattice. 
Wright. 

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Middleburg. 



Schoharie County Veterans. 
Lawrence Van Dyke. 



.The men named in the roster following resided in the eounty 
after this war, and in the towns given, bitt I have no authority to 
show that they were residents of the county when they entered the 
service : 

Henry F. Becker. 



Esperance. 

Gilboa. 

Broome. 

Middleburg. 

Gilboa. 

Gilboa. 
Middleburg. 
Richm ondville. 
Fulton. 

Middleburg. 

Broome. 

Gilboa. 

Gilboa. 

Fulton. 

Sharon. 



Ephraim Casey. 

Amos Clark. 

Minard Cole. 
Abram Dobbs. 
William M. Efner. 
Jeremiah Ham. 
Daniel Mackey. 
Henry Manning, 
Henry Morrison. 
Andrew Shafer. 

John Shutter. 
Elisha L. Smith. 
WilHam Snyder. 
Elijah Sprague. 

David Travis. 
Cornelius Van Alstyne. 



Carlisle. 

Gilhoa. 

Fulton. 

Sunuii'U. 



War of 1812. 99 

Peter Van Dewerker, 

Levi Wales. 

Fred Winewright. 

David Wilsie. 



KELLOGG'S VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. 

The military record of this ort^anization, and the roster and rec- 
ord of its inenibers, together with all facts placed on record, are 
compiled from a lai'ge collection of rolls, accounts, reports, letters, 
bonds, ])etitions, proceedings of courts-martial, general orders, etc., 
which were carefully preserved by Captain Kellogg, and which are 
now in the possession of his son, Giles L. Kellogg, to whom I am 
greatly indebted for the privilege of examining them, and for other 
courtesies. 

I infer from data found that an independent organization of this 
kind existed as early as 1807, but no roster is found previous to June 
I, 1812. It appears that a call fOr 50,000 volunteers was made by 
Pi-esident Madison as early as February, 1812, presumably to be held 
in readiness in case war became necessary. On the 1st of June follow- 
ing, an enrollment of volunteers, for twelve months' service under the 
call, was made, from the company, but they were not called upon to 
take the field until December 19, 1812, under general orders from 
Albany, to-wit : 

" Capt. Giles Kellogg's Company of Artillery, in the County of 
Schoharie, is required in the service for tliefurther protection of our 
fellow citizens on the north-western frontier. They will rendez- 
vous and be mustered on Sat. Dec. 26 and will be supplied with 
blankets and canteens, the whole will receive two months pay in 
advance, and the Non-Commissioned officers and musicians and 
privates will receive in addition thereto an advance of sixteen Dol- 
lars on account of allowance for clothing." 

Captain Kellogg issued orders to the sergeants and corporals of his 
company on December 20, requiring them to "warn" the persons 
named on the respective list appended, " to appear on parade at the 
Gun House in Cobleskill on Sat. tlie 26th T)a.y of Dec. at 9 o'clock 



100 Schoharie County Veterans. 

in the morning, with side aims, agreeable to General Orders. " 
" The company will march on Monday the 28th of Dec. instant at 9 
o'clock, when transportation will be furnished for them. " 

Upon mustering for service a few of tlie men furnished substitutes 
and a few wislied to be excused ; one, a constable, on the plea that lie 
could not " leave his business. " 

Peter Shafer, Jr., and Adam Yrooman were paid $76, for trans- 
porting men and baggage from Cobleskill to Little Falls, and to 
Ogdensburg, and Peter Bouck, Peter Lampman, John Collins, 
Richard Davenport, John Franklin, Adam A. Shafer, David Law- 
yer and Lambert Lawyer were paid $20 for transporting men and 
baggage from Little Falls to Ogdensburg. On arriving at Ogdens- 
burg in January, each member of the company was furnished with, 
and receipted for : " 1 Musket and Bayonet, 1 Cartridge Box 
and Belt, 20 round musket ball cartridges and 4 Flints each." Dur- 
ing the service at Ogdensburg, the company was assigned to the di- 
vision commanded by Captain Forsyth, afterward mentioned as 
major, and in the spring at Sackett's Harbor, it was attached to Col- 
onel Mills' regiment of Albany Volunteers. Fi'om the time the 
company arrived at Ogdensburg nothing important is shown to have 
transpired until the engagement of February 22, 1813, excepting 
the death of two men. We find from an account, charged under a 
requisition and dated February 15, 1813, that each of the rank and 
file of tlie company and " 3 women "" were supplied with twenty- 
six pounds of straw, and that ten days later, the captain received one 
cord and four feet of fuel ; the lieutenants, one cord, two feet and 
eight inches each; the four sergeants, six feet ; the four corporals, 
six feet; the six musicians, one cord; and thirty privates, five cords, 
five feet. On the 22d of February, 1813, the enemy stationed at 
Prescott, opposite Ogdensburg, made an attack, and during the en- 
gagement the company were defeated with a loss of every thing, 
except the clothing they had on and the arms they fought with. 
One drummer was killed, one fifer and one private were taken pris- 
oners, one private killed and two wounded. I infer that the 
Americans were forced to abandon the post and retreat to Sackett's 
Harbor, and that an officer of this company was placed under arrest. 
His resignation was tendered and accepted by Colonel Pike, April 
15, 1813, through orders dated Sackett's Harbor, May 3, 1813. On 
March 20, 18l;», Ca]-)tain Kellogg in a letter to Governor Tompkins 
states that " the company are sadly in need of clothing and money," 
and that the amount due for clothing is $916.75. On May 10, 



War of 1812. 101 

following, Governor Tompkins in a letter says: " Capt. Kellogg's 
company are entitled to pay at 8 dollars per month since the 26th 
of Feb. last — To $3 per month from 1st of January last to the 26th 
of Feb., and the balance of allowance for clothing over and above 
$16. On the 26th of Dec. the officers received two months' pay in 
advance, the soldiers each two months' pay in advance, at 5 dollars 
per month, and $16 on account of clothing. There being no 
paymaster authorized to pay such detached companies a volunteer 
or other paymaster is directed to pay and Maj. Allen is directed 
to pay by Special Ords." 

After the transfer to Sackett's Harbor Captain Kellogg petitioned 
Governor Tompkins for permission to furlough some of the mem- 
bers of his company home for the purpose of obtaining supplies for 
the corapau}-, to replace losses incurred at Ogdensburg, and was 
referred to Colonel Pike. 

From accounts rendered, it appears that no army surgeons were 
assigned to the command, as we find the sum of $16.25 paid to " Dr. 
J. Cowan for attendance on Sick," $40 paid to " Dr. John C. 
Herrick for attendance," and an itemized bill of $29.49 rendered by 
" Dr. W. Smith for Chirurgical attendance on WiUiam Youngs who 
lost his leg at Ogdensburg." Several men received furloughs in 
the spring or early summer of 1813, as we find their leave to have been 
extended on testimony taken by Jedediah Miller, Justice of the 
Peace, Dr. John C. Moeller testifying in one case. During the 
summer a few members of the company procured substitutes and 
came home, both principal and substitute giving prescribed bonds for 
the securitj^ of service. A court-martial was held during the terra of 
the company's service for the benefit of one of its members. The 
culprit was charged with, 1st being absent from camp after ten o'clock, 
p. M.,and,2d, with stealing a bag of potatoes from inhabitants in the 
vicinity. Several testified to seeing the prisoner without the limits 
of the camp after the hour named, and the prisoner himself pleaded 
guilty to the second charge, and offered his knife as satisfaction for 
the potatoes, as he had no money. After due deliberation, and after 
a careful review of the testimony and pleadings the court decided to 
vacate the charges and release the prisoner as not guilty of malicious 
intent. The company appears to have been unfortunate again in an 
engagement with the enemy at " Horse Island, Sackett's Harbor, 
May 29, 1813," as an inventory of losses of "Personal Property " at 
that time amounts to $428.83^. There is nothing to show that it 
was particularly unfortunate in its movements during the balance of 



102 Schoharie County Veterans. 

its service. I infer that it accoinpanied the expedition aj^jainst York 
as part of the division under Colonel Pike, and that it was a part 
of the forces under Wilkinson on his expedition down the St. Law- 
rence. After going into winter quarters and under date of Novem- 
ber 29, 1813, I find Captain Kellogg charged in a long itemized ac- 
count, with oyster suppers, numerous items of gin, brandy, cider 
and rum, which would indicate that himself and men had celebrated 
their coming discharge from the service. An inspection held at Sack- 
ett's Harbor, September 30, 1813, accounted for thirty men present 
under arms, five sick, eight absent, and four deserted. A few men 
enlisted in the company from northern counties. Before entering 
the field service the armament of the company consisted of one field 
piece of artillery, and side arms or short sword for each man, and 
afterward as befoi'e stated, each man was armed with musket and 
bayonet in addition. Reports show that each member was armed 
with a feather and a cockade for his hat. 

ROLL CALL. 

Giles Kellogg, Captain. 

CohlesMll — Merchant; married; aged 28; served through his 
term of enlistment ; was recommended for appointment in the U. S. 
Army, by Major Benjamin Forsyth, under date, "'Camp French Mills, 
November 17, 1813;" died October 29, aged 50. Children surviving, 
Giles L., Louisa C. Riley, Harriett Borst. Grandchildren, Martin, 
Andrew and Charles Kellogg, Albert A. and Alden K. Rile}', Wil- 
liam, Clinton, Schuyler, Marcus and Charles Borst, Giles and Mer- 
rill Mann, Christina Dietz, Mary Lendrum, Ella Maynard, Sarah 
Layer, Christina Young, Anna Simmons, Mary Passage, Elda C. 
Quackenbush, Christina. 

William Elmendorf, First Lieutenant. 

CohlesMll — Fai-mer ; volunteered with the company ; resigned 
Aprill5, 1813; died February 22, 1869, aged 96. Children sur- 
viving, Caroline Randall, Mary Palmer, Sarah Mansfield, Jane Sons. 
Grandsons, Lewis and William Randall, Albert and George Sons; all 
served in the war for the Union. 

John Ingham, First Lieutenant. 

Sharon — Clothiei-; enlisted as second lieutenant with his com- 
pany ; promoted to first lieutenant, to succeed Elmendorf. 



War of 1812. 103 

Curtis Thorpe, Second Lieutenant. 

Cobleskill — Merchant ; enlisted as first sergeant ; promoted to 
lieutenant, April 15, 1813 ; removed from the connty after leav- 
ing the service. 

Abraham Bouck, First Sergeant. 

Cobleskill — Farmer ; enlisted as second sergeant ; promoted to 
succeed Thorpe ; died May 23, 1846, aged 76. 

Resolved L. Cowdry, Second Sergeant. 

Sharon — Blacksmith; enlisted as third sergeant; promoted to 
succeed Bouck. 

Gideon C. Reed, Third Sergeant. 

Shwron — Wheelwright ; enlisted as fourth sergeant ; is found 
on pay-roll of Jnne 22, 1813, as a matross or private. 

Peter Burhans, Fourth Sergeant. 

Carlisle — Farmer ; enlisted as iirst corporal ; promoted to fourth 
sergeant. Children, John, George B., Joseph C, Margaret Young, 
Catharine Sprong. 

GrUNNEES. 

Ebenezer White, ist. 

Sharon — Farmer; died at Watertown, May 10, 1813. 

Melzar Skinner, 2d. 

Sharon — Farmer; enlisted with the company; sick at home in 
summer of 1813 — certified to by Squire Miller, and furlough ex- 
tended eluly 17, 1813. 

Jacob L. Lawyer, 3d. 

CohlesMll — Farmer; enlisted with his company and served full 
terra ; died July 30, 1850, aged 55 years, 10 months. Children, 
Jacob, Nancy France, Anna E. Becker, Rebecca Hager. 

William Youngs, 4th. 
Carlisle — Farmer ; age 24 ; went out with the company as a sub- 
stitute for John Frazier ; wounded by gunshot in left thigh at 
Ogdensburg, February 22, 1813 ; underwent amputation, and with 
John Pierce was provided with special transportation to Sackett's 
Harbor at a cost of $25 ; died of dropsy of the heart, December 1, 
1860, aged 72. Children, Demosthenes, Andrew, Lana Wing. 



104 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Coon Moot. 

Cohleskill — Fanner ; enlisted as fifth gunner, but is found on pay- 
roll of June 22, 1813, as niatross or private. It is possible that he 
did not serve to end of term. 

Apollos Lane. 

CohlesTcill — Farmer ; enlisted as sixth gunner, but is found on 
pay-roll of June 22, 1813, as matross or private. 

Bombardiers. 

John Caryl, ist. 

Sharon — Farmer ; is found on pay-roll of June 22, as matross, 

Bennett Sloan, 2d. 

Sharon — Farmer ; entered the service with his company and 
served until August 31, 1813; furnished a substitute and bond and 
discharged. 

Aaron Thorp, Jr., 3d. 

CoUeshill — Farmer; found on the volunteer roll but not on pay- 
roll. 

John Haling, Jr., 4th. 

CohlesTcill — Farmer; found on pay-roll as matross. 

Adam Rector, 5th. 

Sharo7i — Farmer; rank of matross on pay-roll of June 22, 1813 ; 
served until August 31, then furnished substitute and bond, and was 
discliarged from the service. 

John Smith, 6th. 

Sharon — Farmer ; rank of matross on pay-roll of June 22, 1813. 

Joshua Ward, Second Corporal. 

Sharon — Fanner ; age 27 ; entered the service with his company; 
furnished William Gould as substitute to finish term, and gave bond 
August 17, 1813; died Jane 18, 1873, aged 86. Sons, Joseph, Joshua. 

David D. Lawyer, Second Corporal, 

enlisted with his company as third corporal ; promoted to second 
corpoi-al to succeed Ward, who was promoted to first. Records in- 



Wak of 1812. 105 

dicate that he f iiruished a substitute, " David Brown," to finish term 
of service. Burial in Albany Kural Cemetery. Daughter, Celia 
Youngs. 

Barent C. Teneyck, Fourth Corporal. 

Shai'on — Farmer; rank of matross on pay-roll of June 22, 1813. 

John Harper, Corporal. 

Sharon — Farmer ; enlisted as matross ; promoted to corporal and 
to sergeant before expiration of term ; died September 19, 1871, 
aged 85 years, 9 months. Sons, John K., James. Grandsons, Dur- 
yea, William, Jacob. 

Ezra Eldredge, Jr., Corporal. 

Sharon — Farmer; enlisted as matross; promoted to corporal. 

• Musicians. 

Chauncey Day, Drummer. 

Cobleskill — Farmer ; enlisted witli the company ; was wounded 
in the leg by " cannon ball." 

Abram Bouck, Jr., Drummer. 

Cobleskill — Farmei-. 

Jacob Lampman, Fifer. 
Sharon — Farmer. 

John Campbell, Fifer. 

Cobleskill — Shoemaker ; entered in the service as fifer; " took a 
musket at Sackett's Harbor, June 15, 1818." 

Arnold Pratt, Fifer. 

Cobleskill — Shoemaker ; enlisted as matross ; appointed musician ; 
killed in action at Ogdensburg, February 22, 1813. 

Welcome Butterworth, Fifer. 

Cobleskill — Farmer ; offered his services to President Madison 
by letter, dated June 1, 1813. 

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106 ScHOHARiK County Veterans. 

Matkosses or Pkiyates. 

George Acker. 
Shai'on — Farmer. 

John B. Ackley. 
Cohleskill — Fanner. 

James Brown. 

Sharon — Farmer ; died at Ogdensburg, " Wednesday, February 
10, 1813." 

John J. Becker. 

Cohleskill — Fanner; died February 10, 1888, aged 91. 

Peter Brewer. 

Cohleskill — Farmer; absent witliont leave, May, 1813. Tlie 
$34.62 expended in searcliing for him appears to have brought back 
the man, as we find him on the pay-roll of June 22, 1813. 

Zachariah Burhans. 
Carlisle — Farmer. 

Elijah Carter. 
Cohleskill — Shoemaker. 

Charles Chase. 
Carlisle — Farmer. 

Eli Peek. 

CaHisle — Age 37; enlisted at Sackett's Harbor, July 27, 1813, 
for balance of term. 

George Dox. 

Cohleskill — Farmer. 

David Fraats. 

Enlistment not found : fuund on pay-roll of Jnne 22, 1813, and 
that his sick furlough was extended July 19, 1813, on testimony of 
Dr. John C. Moeller before J. Miller, J.' P. 

Samuel Foster. 

Sharon — Farmer : found as above on enlistment-roll of June 
1, 1812. There is a record that he sent '' Oliver Perry." I do not 



' War of 1812. 107 

find Oliver Perry on any record, bnt find Samuel Foster on pay-roll 
of June 22, 1813. 

George Hiney. 

Sharon — Farmer; died August 26, 1872, aged 85. Children, 
Sylvester, James, Richard. Grandson, John II., served in the 
Union Army. 

John Hiney. 

Sharon — Farmer; died May 1-1, 1864, aged 74. Sons, Stephen, 
Josiah. Grandsons, Peter, John S., Daniel, Charles, Levi. 

Eli Kibbey. 

Cobleskill — Farmer. 

Abraham Kromer. 

CohlesTcill — Tailor; served full term and discharged with his com- 
pany; died March 24, 1847. Children, William H., Henrietta, 
Lucy Sherwood. 

Henry Letcher. 

Cobleskill — Farmer; "died at Ogdensburg, Jan. 24, 1813, at 9 
o'clock, p. M." An inventory of his effects taken. 

John Mickle, Jr. 

Cohleshill — Farmer; furloughed for sickness, and furlough ex- 
tended July 16, 1813, by J. Miller, J. P.; died October 8, 1883, 
aged 103 ; buried at Warnerville, N. Y. 

Frederick Lucantry, Jr. 

CohlesTcill — Farmer. 

Oliver Perry. 

On record as sent as substitute for Freeman Thrall, a merchant of 
Cobleskill, and not for Samuel Foster. 

Enoch Treadway. 

CohlesMll — Carpenter ; furloughed home, and furlough extended 
July, 1813. 

Nathan Wilcox. 

CohlesTcill — Farmer; furloughed home, and furlough extended 
July 14, 1813. 



108 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Juad Wetherly. 

Cobleskill — Farmer; aged 27; five feet eight inches high, dark 
complexion ; taken prisoner at Ogdensbnrg, February 22, 1813; 
has received no pay since entering the service. 

Freeman Wolverton. 

Middleburg — Farmer. 

Asa Whitmore. 

Carlisle — Farmer. 

The following named persons are fonnd on the enlistment-roll of 
Jnly 1, 1813. As their names do not appear again tliere is no proof 
of service. 

Abraham Shafer. 
Cobleskill — Farmer. 

Eber Townsend. 

Cobleskill — Farmer. 

John Lakham. , 

Carlisle — Farmer. 

Jacob I. Moak. 
Sharon — Farmer. 

John McDavit. 

Cobleskill — Cabinet-maker. 

Carpus Loring. 

Cobleskill — Blacksmith. 

Walter Wright. 
Carlisle — Farmer. 

Edmund "Dia," or Dey. 
Sharon — Farmer. 

Jeremiah Yager. 

Cobleskill — Farmer. 

It should 1)e borne in mind that the present towns of Summit and 
Richmondville were a part of Cobleskill, and that the town of 
Seward was formed several years after the war of 1812. 



The War with Mexico. 109 

Chaptek II, 

THE WAR WITH MEXICO. 

Joint resolutions of Congress for the admission of Texas into the 
Union were approved by President Tyler, March 1, 1845, and ac- 
cepted by Texas on the 29th of December of the same year. This 
act gave offense to the Mexican authorities, and their relations 
toward us assumed a hostile character. In the previous troubles of 
our country the foreign powers were clearly the aggressors, and the 
American people had been cruelly oppressed. But in our conduct 
toward Mexico there is apparent reason afforded to show that Mexico 
was being despoiled of territory to which her title was equally as 
good or better than tlie claim of the United States. An adventurer 
seeks profit at any cost except his own, and if tlie original owner of 
territory which he desires to possess resents intrusion, he will adopt 
a policy which will bring an influence of power to his aid, by assum- 
ing the character of a martyr, while the real victim is represented 
as the savage to be conquered. It may be ai-gued that the residents 
of Texas desired annexation ; it may be urged that our govern- 
ment desired it; and it may be shown that the Mexicans along the 
right bank of the Rio Grande were robbers and murderers, and ex- 
hibited their jealousy in inhuman acts to the class of fortune-seekers 
who were pre-empting the land which they considered theirs. At 
the time referred to, 1845, sufficient time had not elapsed since the 
crucifixion of Christ to warrant the theory that the majority is right 
in all cases. A few sentences in the Memoirs of General Grant 
clearly explain the theory of the origin and prosecution of the 
Mexican war, and in a manner both satisfactory and beyond argu- 
.ment. On the 28th of March, 1846, General Taylor took position 
on the bank of the Rio Grande opposite Matamoras and proceeded 
to erect fortifications which were afterward called Fort Brown. The 
first act of hostility on the part of the Mexicans against the army 
was the murder of Colonel Cross, a quartermaster, who fell into 
their hands on the 10th day of April, 1846. On the 24th, a de- 
tachment under Captains Thornton and Hardee fell into an ambus- 
cade, and after fighting against great odds surrendered. War had 
not been declared by the United States at this time, but an excuse 
was at iiand and the forces on both sides were ready to make their 
declarations by bullets. As Taylor expressed it, " the war has com- 



110 Schoharie Uoujsity Veterans. 

menccd and the hardest must fend off." On the 1st of May, General 
Taylor left Fort Brown to relieve Major Munroe at Point Isabel, 
who was in a raeasurtj cut off from comtnunieation with Fort 
Brown. Three days after the departure of General Taylor the 
Mexicans opened fire from their batteries against Fort Brown, and 
with a land fire in the rear besieged the little garrison until the 8th, 
while the Americans refused to accede to all demands to surrender. 
Meantime General Taylor having reinforced Point Isabel, had 
started on his return to Fort Brown, when he met a force of the 
enemy at Palo Alto on May 8. Here an engagement took place 
which continued throughout the day. On the morning of the 9th 
the enemy had retired to Resaca de la Palma, where Taylor found 
thera in a strong position. After desperate fighting on both sides 
the Mexicans were utterly routed, with the loss of their camp 
equipage and private property, including the dispatches of General 
Arista. On the evening of May 9 the Americans encamped out- 
side Fort Brown and near their comrades who had held the fort. The 
" Declaration of War " having reached the army at about this time. 
General Taylor transferred his forces to the opposite side of the river 
and occupied Matamoras May 17, and the "invasion of Mexico" 
was inaugurated. Thus far, military movements had been per- 
formed by troops of the Regular Army, but a call for volunteers for 
one-year service had been made, and after the occupation of Mata- 
moras such troops began to arrive. On the 19th of August General Tay- 
lor began a movement toward Monterey, taking possession of Camargo, 
the head of navigation on the Rio Grande. He left Ceralvo on the 
13th of September and arrived at Walnut Springs, three miles from 
Monterey. A reconnoisance revealed a strongly fortified town oc- 
cupied by ten thousand Mexicans. Taylor's encampment lay to the 
north and east of Monterey, and on the plain between it and near 
the town stood a strong fortification, called by the Americans "The 
Black Fort." On the north-west the city is overlooked by two hills 
which were strongly fortified, and on one stood a strong fortress 
called the "Bishop's Palace." The guns on these heights com- 
manded the Saltilla road, which entered Monterey from the west. 
The river San Juan Del Monterey ran along the southern limits of 
the city, while on the east it was protected by detached works de- 
fended by artillery and infantry. On the afternoon of September 
20, 184f5, General Taylor with about six thousand men, principally 
volunteers, began his series of attacks against the defenses of the 
city, which were continued by hard lighting until the night of the 



The War with Mexico. Ill 

23d. Early on the following morning the Mexican general, Am- 
piidia, asked terms for capitulation, and after some delay the strongly 
fortified town and its war material were snrrendered to the Ameri- 
cans and the prisoners paroled. Taylor's troops lay at Monterey 
until midwinter. During the fall, detachments under Generals 
Wool and Worth had occupied Saltillo and Parras. In the »nean- 
time General Scott had made extensive preparations for the invasion 
of Mexico l)y way of Yera Cruz and the valley. He tirst proposed 
to capture Vera Cruz and make that place his depot of supplies. At 
that time it was protected, landward by a wall extending from the 
bay shore south of the town and encircling it to the water's edge on 
the north side, while on an island in the gulf, one-half mile from the 
city, stood a strong fortress called San Juan d' Ulloa. To carry out 
his jjlans Scott had been promised the troops thought necessary, 
but as they were not forthcoming, he again withdrew a part of Tay- 
lor's men, leaving him a small army of inexperienced troops. On 
the 22d of February, IS-tT, Taylor met Santa Anna at Buena Yista, 
and after a three-days' engagement the Mexicans were defeated by 
one-fifth their number. 

On the 9th of March troops were landed for the investment of 
Yera Cruz, and on the 18th the Americans opened fire on the town. 
(Jn the 27th the city asked terms and surrendered. On the 29th of 
March, 1847, Yera Cruz and San Juan d' Ulloa were occupied by 
the Americans. The victory at Yera Cruz yielded five thousand 
prisoners and four hundred pieces of artillery. On the 8th of April 
the advance division of Scott's Army of less than tweJve thousand 
men started in the direction of the City of Mexico ; the last division 
leaving Vera Cruz on the 18th. Fifty miles from Vera Cruz the 
march of the leading division was interrupted by troops under 
Santa Anna, who had occupied natural defenses called Cerro Gordo, 
and which were impregnable by direct assault. By direction of 
officers of the Engineer Corps, roads flanking the position of the 
enemy were built without the knowledge of Santa Anna, and a 
successful assault was made on the 18th. The surprise of the Mexi- 
cans was as complete as w^as the victory for the Americans. Three 
thousand prisoners and a large amount of artillery and ordnance 
stores were captured. Puebla was occupied by General Worth's 
Division on the 15th of May, and during the latter part of the 
month General Scott concentrated his army at that point. As the 
term of enlistment of a large part of his army would expire before 
the end of his campaign he chose to await reinforcements and dis- 



112 Schoharie County Veterans. • 

charge those who would leav^e in the inidst of an advance move- 
ment. General Scott began his second march early in August, and 
on the 18th had arrived at a point eleven miles south of the City of 
Mexico. Here the Mexicans were strongly intrenched, but as at 
Cerro Gordo, the engineering skill of the Americans developed a 
course by which San Antonio was threatened, and by a flank move- 
ment Contreras, three miles to the south-west, could be carried by 
assault. The attack on Contreras began early on the morning of the 
20th, and the position was captured within a half hour. This victory 
was immediately followed by the capture of Cherubusco after the 
severest fighting thus far in the valley of Mexico, and which per- 
mitted the Americans to approach the gates of the capital. General 
Scott posted his army along the slopes of the mountains south of 
and extending to tlie west of the city. An armistice was agreed 
upon, and General Scott with United States Connnissioner Trist 
began negotiations for peace with Santa Anna. The terms of peace 
offered by the United States included the surrender of Texas by 
Mexico and the cession of New Mexico and California to the United 
States for a sum to be agreed upon afterward. These terms, being 
offered as the ultimatum, were so offensive to the Mexicans that 
they began immediate preparations for defense. Chapultepec was 
a strongly fortified hill west of the city. Molino Del Rey was a 
strongly built stone mill, several hundred feet in length, standing 
west of Chapultepec and over a mile from the city. 

Two aqueducts entered the city from the eastern and western 
base of Chapultepec. These were fortified against assault, and the 
gates by Avhich they entered the city were strongly fortified. On 
the 4th of September General Scott declared the truce ended, and 
on the 8th Molino Del Rey was captured with severe loss to the 
Americans. Chapultepec was bombarded on the 12th and carried 
on the 13th Ijy two assaulting columns of two hundred and fifty men 
each under Captains McKenzie and Casey respectively, and in conjunc- 
tion with movements made by troops against other points. Possession 
of the other defenses and of the entrances to the city soon followed, and 
the Americans entered the town on the morning of the 14th. 
Santa Anna had retired during the night before, after liberating 
some two thousand convicts, who, together with many Mexican 
soldiers who had disbanded themselves, kept up an annoying fire 
upon the Americans from housetops and other points of vantage. 
This warfare was kept up for twenty-four hours in spite of the city 
authorities and the army. Santa Anna made several attempts to 



The War with Mexico. 113 

retrieve the fortunes of the Mexican people, notably at 
Huaniantla, San Jose, Pnebla, Santa Isabella and Atlixa. A 
desultory warfare was carried on during the fall and winter by 
bands of Mexican Guerillas and snudl detachments of American 
troops at different points on the road from Vera Cruz to Mexico. Soon 
after entering the City of Mexico, the spii'it of hostility which had 
been manifest against Genei'al Scott, by Generals Worth, Pillow and 
Colonel Duncan, became more marked, and they were placed 
imder an-est, and chai-ges of disrespect preferred against them. 
Counter charges were made, and, in due course. General Scott was re- 
lieved from the command by the authorities at Washington, and Pil- 
low, Worth and Duncan were released. General Scott left Mexico im- 
mediately. The effort to destroy both Taylor and Scott, politically^ 
together with their brilliant achievements, appeared to make them 
more popular. Negotiations and commissions continued throughout 
the winter of 184Y and 1848, resulted in a final agreement, concluded 
by the Mexican Congress in February, and ratified by the United 
States, May 25, 1848. By its terms, the Rio Grande was the ac- 
knowledged boundary between Texas and Mexico, and New Mexico 
and California were ceded to the United States for the sum of 
$1.5,000,0(M). During the month of June, Mexico was completely 
evacuated by the American Army. 



PROMINENT BATTLES OF THE MEXICAN WAR. 

Siege of Fort Brown, May 4 to Siege of Vera Cruz, March 18 to 

8, 1846. ' 24, 1849. 

Palo Alto, May 8, 1846. Cerro Gordo, April 18, 1847. 

Resaca de la Palma, May 9, 1846. Contreras, August 20, 1847. 

Monterey, Sept. 20 to 23, 1846. Cherubusco, August 20, 1847. 

Bracito, N. M., December 25, Molino Del Rey, September 8, 

1846. 1847. 

San Gal)riel, January 8, 1847. Chapultepec, September 13,1847. 

Sacramento, February 28, 1847. Capture of Mexico, September 

Buena Vista, February 22 to 24, 14, 1847. 

1847. 

15 



114 SCHOHAKIE COUKTY VeTEKANS. 

ROLL CALL. 

M. De L. Simpson, Major-General. 

Esperance — Born August 28, 1824, Received his preliminary 
education at the Schoharie Aeadem)-, and followed by attendance at 
the Albany Academy. Was afterward appointed cadet at the 
Military Academy at West Point on the recommendation of Colonel 
Houck. After fonr years' study and discipline he graduated as 
second lieutenant of artillery and received the furlough usually 
given on graduating. He returned to duty in September, 1846, and 
was stationed at Governor's Island, New York. Early in December 
following he was ordered to Mexico, and reported to General Worth 
and was assigned to duty in his division at Tampico. During 
the greater part of liis service in Mexico he was attached to 
the command under Captain McKenzie and was one of the volun- 
teers composing the storming party under McKenzie which captured 
Chapultepec. He took part in seven engagements during the Mexi- 
can war, notably : Chapultepec, Molino Del Rey and Contreras, and 
returned from the service unharmed, while McKenzie and many 
of his comrades fell in battle. During his service in Mexico, he was 
promoted to first lieutenant, to adjutant and assistant quartermaster. 
At the close of the war he was assigned to duty at Governor's 
Island as assistant commissary, afterward ordered to Washington, 
and to Barrancas, Florida. He remained on duty at the last station 
for three or four years ; was recalled to Washington, where he served 
in the Supply Department under General Gibson. While at Bar- 
rancas he was promoted to captain. From Washington he was 
transferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, serving with General 
Harney, and later on accompanied that officer to Utah as purchasing 
agent, and subsequently returned to Washington. He was after- 
ward oi'dered to San Francisco, California, as purchasing commissary 
to succeed Colonel Lee, and while there was made chief commissary 
and promoted to major, and lieutenant-colonel and colonel. He re- 
mained at San Francisco until the beginning of the war of the re- 
bellion, when he was recalled to Washington and continued on duty 
in the Commissary Department until the close of the war. During 
the war he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, the ap- 
pointment being confirmed by the Senate, and afterward raised to 
rank of major-general. At the close of the rebellion he was or- 
dered to San Francisco as chief of that division. After ten years' 
service in tliat department he asked foi* change of station, on account 



The War with Mexico. 115 

of impaired health and unfavorable climate, and was transferred to 
the division of New York, having head-quarters in New York city 
for five years, and on Governor's Island for two years. He was 
then transferred to Chicago as chief commissary of division embrac- 
ing the departments of Missouri, Dakota, The Platte and of Texas. 
He retained this position for about nine years and until at the age of 
64, when he was placed on the retired list, i\ugust 28, 1888. Resi- 
dence. Winiietka, Cook county, Illinois. 

Augustus F. Lawyer, Surgeon. 

Cohleskill — Aged 20; single; was appointed cadet at West 
Point during the administration of President John Q. Adams ; 
commissioned assistant surgeon in the United States Navy, May 26, 
1836; ordered to the sloop of war "Warren" and sailed to the 
Spanish main, coast of Mexico, March 15, 1839; cruised about the 
Gulf of Mexico, South America and the West Indies. On his I'e- 
turti was detailed to the sloop " Pennsylvania " and afterward trans- 
ferred to the frigate " Brandywine; " sailing for China, via Rio 
Janeiro and Bombay, with the newly-appointed minister to (>hina- 
Cushing. He cruised for two years among the East Indies and along 
the coasts of Asia, Africa and Europe, and made during the ex- 
pedition a very extensive and valuable collection of rare sea shells, 
precious stones and curious mementoes of the Far East, returning 
in 1815. During the Mexican war he served in his official duty 
during several engagements, notal)ly the siege of Vera Cruz and the 
capture of San Juan d' Ulloa. During the bombardment of Vera 
Cruz lie exchanged watches with the admiral commanding the fleet. 
The watch received has been caiefully preserved and is now in the 
possession of Mrs. R. H. Lane, his niece ; resigned from the United 
States service in the latter part of 1847 ; died at Cobleskill, N, Y., 
March 27, 1883, aged 75 years, 9 months. 

Thomas G. Banks. 

Ftilton — Single ; served as commissary of supplies ; died at Vera 
Cruz, Mexico, June 2, 1847, and was buried within the walls of the 
city. 

William Banks, Orderly Sergeant. 

Fulton — Single; died en route to Mexico at La Grange, Ga. ; 
his organization and branch of service not known ; a brother to 
Thomas G. Banks. 



116 ScHOHAiiiE County Veterans. 

Robert Slater. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; single ; contracted deafness in the service, 
sent to hospital, and discharged for disability ; his organization and 
further record not known. 

John Philip Slater. 

Schoharie — Laborer; married; did regular service until the 
close of the war, and was seen on his return home as far as New 
York city ; not seen or heard from afterward ; organization not 
known ; a brother to Robert Slater. 

James Gibson. 

Seward — Served regularly until discharged; died soon after at 
Hyndsville, N. Y. 

George Gibson, 

Seward — Did regnlar seiwice and was honorably discharged ; died 
June, 1867 ; was buried on the farm of James E. Frederick and 
afterward reiuterred at State Hill Cemetery, Sharon. 

Gilbert Youngs. 

Cobleskill — Laborer; single; killed in action. 

Hiram Borst. 
Schoharie — Was severely wounded. See War of the Rebellion. 

John Crocker. 

Carlisle — Single; eidisted in Company E, Third New York 
Dragoons; participated in all the movements and engagements of 
the army from Vera Ci-nz to the City of Mexico ; when his com- 
pany left the city for home he remained sick in hospital; died on 
his way home afterward. 

John Lowne. 

Esperance — Single; organization not known; did full service 
and honorably discharged; buried at Sloansville ; no epitaph; no 
descendants. 

Cornelius Vroman. 

Sharon — Single; completed service and was discharged ; became 
demented after his return ; dead. 

Joseph Van Valkenberg. 

Grandson of the Revolution ; organization not known ; wounded 
by gunshot in right shoulder at the stormiTig of Ohapultepec ; dead. 

Edward Butterworth. 

Cobleskill — Survived and discharged. 



The War with Mexico. 



117 



INDEX OF NAMES. 
War of 1S12. 



Page. 

Acker, George 105 

Ackley, John B 106 

Allen, Ezra 86 

Barber, Isaac 88 

Bartholemew, Philip 87 

Becker, Henry 87 

Becker, Henry F 98 

Becker, John J 106 

Becker, John Jost 88 

Becker, John P 87 

Becker, Philip 87 

Blodgett, John 87 

Bouck, Abraham 103 

Bouck, Abraham, Jr. 105 

Ball, Jacob 87 

Borst, Peter 88 

Brown, David 87 

Brown, Jeremiah 88 

Briggs, Olne}' 88 

Brewer, Peter 106 

Brown, James 106 

Bnrhans, Peter 103 

Burhaus, Zachariah 106 

Brazee, Cornelius 87 

Burton, Robert 87 

Burnette, Joseph 88 

Butterworth, Welcome 105 

Campbell, John 105 

Carey, Samuel 89 

Casey, Ephraim 98 

Carter, Elijah 106 

Caryl, Jolin 104 

Chase, Charles 106 

Clark, Amos 98 

Cleveland, Asa 88 

Cole, Minard 98 

Comstock, Ebenezer 88 

Cooper, Thomas 89 

Cowdry, Resolved L 103 

Davis, John 89 

Day, Chauncy 105 

Decatur, Peter 89 

Dibble, Noah 89 

Dingman, John , . 90 

Dibble, Patrick 90 

Dominick, John 89 

Dobbs, Abram 98 

Dox, George 106 

Dox, John 90 

Eckerson, David 90 

Efner, Harvey 90 

Efner, Philip 90 



Page. 

Efner, Valentine 90 

Efner, William M 98 

Eldredge, Ezra . , 105 

Elmendorf, William 102 

Euders, John 90 

Fanning, John 91 

Feek, Jacob, Jr 91 

Feek, Nicholas 91 

Felter, George 91 

Foster, Samuel 106 

Fraats, David 106 

Freem.yer, John, Jr 90 

Gardinier, Jacob 91 

Gibson, Jerome 91 

Gibbs, James 91 

Gordon, Charles 91 

Granatier, -Samuel 91 

Guernsey, Elisha 91 

Ham, Jeremiah 98 

Haling, John, Jr 104 

Hager, Daniel 91 

Harper, John 105 

Herron, Henry 91 

Hillsinger, Michael 92 

Hilts, Theobold 92 

Hiney, John 107 

Hiney, George 107 

Hyuds, Jacob 92 

Ingham, John 102 

Jackson, James 92 

Kellogg, Giles 102 

King, Christian 92 

King, Henry 92 

King, Lawrence 92 

Kibbey, Eli 107 

Kline, John 92 

Knox, Charles 92 

Kromer, Abraham 107 

Lakham, John 108 

Lampmau, Jacob 105 

Lane, Apolos 104 

Lawyer, David D 104 

Lawyer, Jacob L 103 

Letcher, Henry 107 

Lord, John L 92 

Loring, Carpus 108 

Lucantry, Fred, Jr 107 

Mackey, Daniel 98 

Malick, Aaron 93 

Malick, Elias 93 

Manning, Henry 98 

Markle, George 93 



118 



Schoharie County Veterans. 



Page. 

Mattice, Conrad 92 

Mattiee, David 97 

McDavit, John 108 

Mereness, John 93 

Mickle, Jolin, Jr 107 

:M()ak, Jacob T 108 

Moot, Coon 104 

Morrison, Henry 98 

Murphey, John 92 

Nethaway, Ezear 9-3 

Nickerson, Blaisdel 93 

Oliver, Andrew 93 

Osterhout, Cornelius 93 

Parslow, Adam 93 

Parslow, Henrj' 93 

Peek, Eli 106 

Perry, Oliver 10^ 

Pierce, Silas 94 

Plough, John 94 

Pratt, Arnold 105 

Preston, Merriman 94 

Rector, Adam 104 

Reed, H enry B 94 

Reed, Jeremiah 94 

Reed, Gideon C 103 

Rickard, Peter 94 

Rider, Amos 94 

Rider, John 94 

Rider, Philip 94 

Rich, Calvin 95 

Roe, Heman 96 

Rorick, David 94 

Schell, Jacob 95 

Schell, John 95 

Schoolcraft, Lawrence, 3d 95 

Scott, Jacob 96 

Settle, John 95 

Seymour, Cornelius 95 

Sipperly, Fred 96 

Shafer, Abraham 108 

Shafer, John A 96 

Shafer, David 95 

Shafor, Peter H 95 

Shafer, Andrew 98 

Shutter, John 98 

Skinner, Melzar 103 

ROSTEK OF M 
Page 

Banks, Thomas G 115 

Hanks, William 115 

Borst, Hiram 116 

Butterworth, Edward 116 

Crocker, John 116 

Gibson, George 116 

Gibson, James 116 

Lawyer, Augustus 115 



Page. 

Slaughter, Tennis 97 

Sloan, Bennett 104 

Smith, John 104 

Smith, Elisha L 98 

Snook, Tennis 95 

Snyder, William 98 

Spencer, Oliver 95 

Sprague, Elijah 98 

Stilwell, Stephen 95 

Stoner, Jacob 95 

Strobeck, Adam 96 

Sweet, Benjamin 95 

Taber, Peleg 96 

Teneyck, Barent 105 

Terpenning, Moses 96 

Tibbets, Thomas 96 

Thorp, Aaron, Jr 104 

Thorp, Curtis 103 

Townsend, Eber 103 

Towsen, John 96 

Travis, David 98 

Treadway, Enoch 107 

Vroman, Adam 97 

Van Alstyne, Cornelius 98 

Van Dyke, Lawrence 98 

Van Dewerker, Peter 99 

Warner, Benjamin 97 

Warner, John 97 

Warner, Marcus ... 97 

Ward, Joshua 104 

Wales, Levi 99 

Welch, Jacob 97 

Wetherly, Juad 108 

White, Ebenezer 103 

Whitmore, Asa 108 

Wilcox. Nathan 107 

Wiltey, Peter 97 

Wilsey, David 99 

Winewright, Fred 99 

Wolverton, Freeman 108 

Wright, Walter 108 

Yansen, Peter 97 

Young, William 97 

Young, William 103 

Yager, Jeremiah 108 

ExicAN War. 

Page. 

Lowne, John 116 

Simpson, M. D. L 114 

Slater. John P 116 

Slater, Robert 116 

Van Valkenberg, Joseph 116 

Vrooman, Cornelius 116 

Youngs, Gilbert 116 



WAR OFTHE REBELLION. 

CONTENTS. 

Formation of Troops — Abbreviations — Places Referred to — Battles Referred to — Hos- 
pitals — Officers — Artillery — Roll Call — Cavalry — Roll Call — Infantry — Roll Call 
— Red Tape — Guard and Picket — Roll Call of Other States, Navy and Colored 
Troops — Brothers in the Union Army — Prison Report — Roll of Honor — Index to 
Records — Roster by Towns. 

FORMATION OF TROOPS. 

Company — One captain, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, one 
first or orderly sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals, two 
musicians, one wagoner, eiglity-two privates (maximum number). 

Regiment — Ten companies of infantry or twelve companies of 
artillery, or cavalry. 

Field Officers and N on- Commissioned Staff — One colonel, one 
lieutenant-colonel, one major, one adjutant, one quartermaster, one 
surgeon, two assistant surgeons, one chaplain, sergeant-major, quar- 
termaster sergeant, commissary sergeant, hospital steward, and two 
principal musicians. 

Br'igade — Two or more regiments, brigadier-general, aide, sur- 
geons, quartermaster, commissary sergeant, hospital steward, bugler 
or principal musician, orderlies, teamsters, and pioneers. 

Division — Two or more brigades, a major-general, aides, sur- 
geons, quartermaster, commissary, pioneers, ambulance division, 
teamsters. 

Corps — Three divisions, a senior major-general, aides, surgeons, 
quartermaster or commissary, ambulance corps. 

Commander-in-Chief — Major-general, by seniority or by appoint- 
ment; a chief of staff, with aides-de-camp; quartermaster-general, 
surgeon -general, chief of artillery, chief of scouts, head-quarter-guard. 

In the foregoing formations of brigades, divisions and corps, team- 



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sters, pioneers, ambulance drivers, ninsieians, guards, etc., the men 
were detailed from the different regiments composing the organiza- 
tion at the time of its formation, and the non-commissioned officers 
detailed for duty at such head-quarters were taken from the enlisted 
men. 



ABREVIATIONS. 



A. C, Array Corps. 

A. P., Army Potomac. 

Adjt., Adjutant. 

Act., Acting. 

Art, Artillery. 

Asst., Assistant, 

Brig., Brigade or Brigadier. 

Capt., Captain. 

riav., Cavalry. 

Co., Company. 

Col., Colonel. 

Corp., Corporal. 

Com., Commissary. 

Dept., Department. 

Div., Division. 

Eng., Engineers. 

Gen., General. 

Hd. Qs., Head-quarters. 



Hosp., Hospital. 

H. A., Heavy Artillery. 

Inf., Infantry. 

Lieut., Lieutenant. 

L. A., Light Artillery. 

Maj., Major. 

M. Pt., Mounted Kifles. 

Ord., Ordnance. 

Ordy., Orderly. 

Ords., Orders. 

Q. M., Quartermaster. 

S. S., Sharpshooters. 

S. C, Signal Corps. 

Sergt., Sergeant. 

Surg., Surgeon. 

V. R. C, Veteran Reserve Corps. 

Vol., Volunteer. 



PLACES REFERRED TO. 

[Note. — Many of tlio distances given are " air line."] 

Annapolis, Md., on the Chesapeake bay, thirty miles overland 
north-east from Washington. A chief depot for paroled and ex- 
changed prisoners. 

Alexandria^ Va., south of the Potomac, and eight miles below 
Wa.shington. Noted as a rendezvous for recruits and hospital conva- 
lescents, and a point of distribution for the Army of the Potomac. 

Albany, N. Y., location of Albany Barracks and Ira Harris Hos- 
pitals. The place of " muster out " for several New York regiments. 

Andersonville, on the Geoi'gia Central railroad and si.xty miles 
south-west of Macon, Ga. 



War o¥ the Rebellion". 121 

Antietam National Cem,etery^ Washington Co., Md., one mile 
from Sharpsbnrg and on the turnpike road to Boonesborough. 

Acquia Creek, on the south-west point formed by the mouth oi 
Acquia creek and the Potomac river. A general depot of supphes 
during tlie latter part of 1862 and winter and spring of 1863. 

Arlington Heights, Va., former home of General Kobert E. Lee; 
present site of ArKngton National Cemetery. 

Appomattox G. H.^ Ya., one-half mile south of the Appomattox 
river, 

Bridgeport, Ala., on the west side of the Tennessee river, in the 
extreme north-east part of the State. The rendezvous of the Eleventh 
and Twelfth Army Corps, in the fall of 1863, and previous to the 
relief of Chattanooga. 

Beaufort, S. C, north of the month of the Savannah river, and 
between St. Helena Sound and Port Royal ; situated on an island, 
separated from the mainland, on the west, by the two arms of the 
Coosa whatchie river. 

Baton Rouge, La., on the east bank of the Mississippi river and 
thirty-four miles south of Mississippi State line. 

Bull Run, Va., rises in the north-west part of Fairfax count}', 
general direction south-east, and empties into the Potomac at Cockpit 
Point. 

Belle Plain, Va., on tlie west side of the Potomac and south of 
Acquia creek. 

Beaufort, N. C, opposite the entrance to Pamlico Sound from the 
south, and on the peninsula between the Neuse river and the ocean. 

Bonne Carre^ La., at a bend in the Mississippi river and about 
forty miles from New Orleans and below Baton Rouge. 

Baltimore, Md., on the Patapsco river, fourteen miles from the 
Chesapeake bay and thirty-five miles north-east of Washington. 

Brooks Station, Va., on the Fredericksburg and Acquia Creek 
railroad. 

Bristoe Station, Va., on the Alexandria and Orange railroad, five 
miles from Manassas Junction. 

Brandy Station, Va., on Alexandria and Orange railroad, live 
miles south of the Rappahannock river. 

Bottoms Bridge, at the Chickahominy river and one mile below 
the crossing of the Richmond and York River railroad. 

Bermuda Hundred, on the James river, west bank, north of the 
mouth of the Appomattox, and two miles north of City Point. 

Chattanooga, Tenn., on the south bank of the Tennessee river at 
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122 Schoharie County Veterans. 

the mouth of a valley, and lour miles north of the Georgia State 
line. 

Chickahominy River, Va., rises north- west of Richmond, flows 
south-east, passing five miles north-east of Richmond at Mechanics- 
ville Bridge, and empties into the James river west of Williams- 
burg. 

City Point, Va., south point at the junction of the Appomattox 
river with the James. 

Centei^ille, Va., Fairfax county, twenty miles west of Alexandria, 
and twenty-five miles south-west of Washington. 

Danville, Va., one hundred and sixteen miles south-west from 
Richmond and near the North Carolina line. 

Falmouth, Va., on the north bank of the Rappahannock, opposite 
and above Fredericksburg. 

Fortress Monroe, Va., the extreme southern point of the penin- 
sula formed by tiie York and James river, overlooking Hampton 
Roads. 

Fort Pulaski, Ga., on Cockspur Island at the mouth of the 
Savannah river. 

Goldshorough, N. C, at the junction of the Newberne and Wil- 
mington railroads, and fifty miles south-east from Raleigh. 

Deep Bottom, Va., on the north side of the James river, and of 
the peninsula between Bermuda Hundred and Dutch Gap. Taking 
its name from the lowland and streams emptying into the James. 

Hilton Head, S. C, an island between Port Royal and the mouth 
of the Savannah river. 

Hope Landing, Va., on south bank of Acquia creek and five miles 
from the Potomac river. 

Harper'' s Ferry, Va., on the Potomac at the mouth of the Shenan- 
doah river. 

Ham,over Junction, Va., junction of the Richmond and Potomac 
and Virgina Central railroads, directly north of Riclunond, and two 
miles south of the North Anna crossing. 

Ha/rnpton Roads, Va., entrance to the James river, and the har- 
bor formed by Newport News and Se well's Point. 

Point of Rocks, Va., on the north bank of the Appomattox, and 
three miles from its mouth and west of City Point. 

Plaquemine, La., Iberville county, on the Mississippi river, at the 
mouth of Bayou Cortableau, and ten miles south of Baton Rouge. 
Pensacola, Fla., on Pensacola bay, and extreme western end of 
the coast of Florida. 



Wa.r of the Rebellion 123 

Port Royal, S. C, entrance to Broad river, between St. Helena 
island and Hilton Head. 

Pamunkey liiver, Va., formed b}' the junction of the North and 
South Anna rivers, which rise north and west of the Chickahoininy, 
general direction south-east, and empties into the York river, two 
miles north of White House. 

South Side raih^oad, Va., Petersburg and Lynchbnrgh railroad 
"south side" of and parallel with the Appomattox river. 

Stafford C. H., east of north of Fredericksburg, about twelve miles. 

Thipadeaux, La., La Fourche county, forty miles south-west of New 
Orleans. 

Wilmington, N. C, captured January 22, 1865, north of Fort 
Fisher on the Cape Fear river. 

Winchester, Va., thirty miles south-west from Harper's Ferry. 
Warrenton Junction, Va., on Alexandria and Orange railroad, 
seventeen miles south-west from Manassas Junction. 

YorJc, Pa., twenty-five miles north of Maryland line and eighty 
miles west of Philadelphia. 

Yorhtown, Va., on the south bank of the York river and eighteen 
miles overland, north-west of Fort Monroe. 



DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON. 

On the Virginia side, and extending from above and ojiposite 
Washington, to Alexandria in order : Forts Marcy, Ethan Allen, 
Corcoran, De Kalb, Bennett, Tillinghast, Cass, Richardson, Barnard, 
Scott, Ward, Blenker, Worth, Taylor, Ellsworth, and Lyon. 

System of forts extending from the Potomac, north-west of Wash- 
ington, north-east, south-east, and south to the Potomac in order: 
Franklin, Ripley, Alexander, Gaines, to the rear. Forts De Russey, 
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Slocuuj, Totten, Slemmens, Bunker 
Hill, Saratoga, Thayer, Lincoln, Maha?i, Dupont, Caton, Baker, 
Davis, Stanton, Snyder, Carrol and Grebel. 



ISLANDS REFERRED TO. 

Staten Island, west of lower New York bay and south-west of 
New York bay and Brooklyn. 

Hart'' s Island, Long Island Sound, north-east of New York city 
and ten miles from the mouth of the Harlem river. 



124 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Rikers Island, at the junction of East river and Long Island 
Sound, two and one-fourth miles from the east limit of New York 
city. 

DaviiVs Island, near New York shore of Long Island Sound, one 
and one-half miles from New Rochelle, and twelve miles from the 
mouth of the Harlem river. 

Governor s Island, New York bay, one mile south of the city. 

Bedlois Island, New York bay, one and one-half miles from the 
city. 

Roanoke Island, North Carolina, east of Croatan Sound, and 
south of the mouth of Albemarle Sound. 

Folly Island, south of the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and 
east of James Island. 

Key West, south of the west coast of Florida, and the hist western 
island of the chain, north of the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico. 

Ship Island, south of eastern Mississippi and at the entrance to 
Mississippi Sound. 



BATTLES REFERRED TO. 

Antietarn and South Mountain, September 16, 17, 1862. On An- 
tietam creek, which empties into the Potomac aljove Harper's Ferry, 
and below Siiarpsburg. South Mountain, an extension of Maryland 
Heights, east of Antietarn creek and west of Middletown. 

Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864. 

Siege, July 28 to September 2, 1 864. 

Evacuation, November 15, 1864. 

Atlanta, Gfti., two hundred and twenty miles north-west of Savan- 
nah and sixty miles east of the Alabama line. 

Ai^pomattox Station, Ya., April 7, 1865, live miles south-west of 
Appomattox C. H. in the South Side railroad. 

Balls Bluff, Ya., October 21, 1861. Balls Bluff on south side of 
the Potomac, and above Edwards Ferry. 

First Bull Run, July 21, 186 L Vicinity of P>ull Run, between 
Manassas Junction and Centerville. 

Second Bull Run or Groveton, August 29, 1862. 

Brandy Station, June 9, 1863, on Alexandria and Orange railroad, 
five miles south of the Rappahannock river. 

Berryville, Va., December 2, 1862, south-west of Harper's Ferry 
and east of Winchester. 

Bentonville, N. C, March 21, 1865. 



War of the Rebellion. 125 

Chancellor smile ^ Va., May 2 and 3, 1863. Cliancellor's House, on 
the Orange and Culpepei* anrl Fredericksburg plankroad, south of tlie 
Rappahtinnock river and at tlie junction of the road to U. S. ford. 

Chantilly, Va., September 1, 1862, between Fairfax and Center- 
ville. 

Cedar Creeh, Ya., October 10, 1864, twenty miles west of south of 
Winchester, on Cedar creek, which runs north-east into the Shen- 
andoah river 

Cold Harbor, June 1 and 3, 1864. Old Cold Harbor, three miles 
directly north-east of the Chickahominy river. New Cold Harbor 
of the 3d, one mile nearer the river. 

Chaphi's Bluff, Va., September 29, 1864. Chapin's Farnj, Fort 
Gilmore, Fort Harrison, east of the James river at the bend from 
Drewry's Bluff, and between it and the Darby town road, about seven 
miles from Richmond. 

Cedar Mountain, Ya., August 9, 1862, about five miles north of 
the Rapidan river, and west of south of Culpeper C. H. 

Capture of Savannah, Ga., December 21, 1864. 

Capture of Petersburg, Ya., A]iril 3, 1865. 

Capture of Richmond, Ya., April 2, 1865. 

Capture of Atlanta^ Ga., September 2, 1864. 

Dee^) Bottom, Ya., June 26 and 27, 1864, north side of James river. 

Fall of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, Charleston Harbor, S. C. 

Fair Oaks, Ya., May 31 and Juno 1, 1862, east of and five miles 
from Richmond. 

Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865, on tlie peninsula, iiortli-east side 
of Cape Fear, and extreme southern coast of Nortii Carolina. 

Five Forks, Ya., March 31 and April 1 and 2, 1865. 

Fredericksburg, Ya., December 13, 1862, Fredericksburg road 
and Salem Heights, May 3, 1863. 

Gainesville, Ya., August 28, 1862, nine miles west of Manassas 
Junction. 

Gettijsburg, Pa., July 1, 2 and 3, 1863. 

Honey Hill, S. C, November 30, 1864, at near Graharasville, S. C. 

Hanover C. H., May 27, 1862, twenty miles north of Richmond, 
Ya. 

Hatcher'' s Run, Ya., April 2, 1865, rises near and west of Five 
Forks and runs east in the vicinity of the engagement; called also 
Gravelly Run. 

Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, 1864, near Marietta and north- 
west of the Chattahooche. 



126 SCHOHAEIE COUKTY VETERANS. 

Laurel IliU, Va., May 12, 1864, near Spottsjlvauia C. H. 

Lookout Mountain^ Tenn., November 24, 1863, reaching to the 
south bank of the Tennessee river, three miles west of south of 
Chattanooga, 

Missionary Ridge, Tenn., November 24 and 25, 1863, Hes fonr 
miles east of Chattanooga, and between Chickamauga creek and 
Chattanooga Valley. 

North Anna, Va., May 23, 1864, on the North Anna river 
bridge near the crossing of the Richmond and P'redericksburg railroad. 

Olustee, Fla., February 20, 1864, forty-nine miles west of Jack- 
sonville, near Olnstee Station on the Pensacola and Jacksonville rail- 
road. 

/Petersburg, V -A., June 15, 16, 17, 1864; siege from June 18, 
1864, to April 2, 1865. 

-Fort Steadman, March 25, 1865, on the south side of the Ap- 
pomattox river and twenty miles south of Richmond. 

Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863; siege June 20 to July 8, 1868, 
on Mississippi river, twenty-live miles south of Mississippi line. 

Peach Tree Creek, Ga., Jnly 20, 1^64, two miles north of Atlanta. 

Pine Knob, Ga., June 13 to 20, 1864. 

Piedmont, June 5, 1864, east of Blue Ridge and nine miles west 
of Manassas Junction. 

Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864, eighteen miles south of Rocky Face 
Ridge. 

Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May S, 1864 ; sometimes called Buz- 
zard's Roost, twenty-five miles south-east from Chattanooga. 

Reams Station, Va., August 25, 1864, on Weldon railroad, ten 
miles south of Petersburg. 

Roanoke Island, N. C, February 6 and 7, 1862; bombardment 
February 6 ; capture February 7 ; between Ali>emarle and Pamlico 
Sounds and commanding their connecting channels. 

Rappahannock Station, November 7, 1863. 

Seven Days Before Richmond. 

Mechanicsville and Beaver Dam, June 25, 1862, north side 
Rappahannock and north of Richmond. 

Beaver Dam Creek, June 26, 1862, north side of the Cliicka- 
hominy, 

Gaines Mill, June 27, 1862, north side of the Chickahominy. 

Savage Station, June 29, 1862, on the Richmond and York rail- 
road, between the ChickHJiuminy and Fair Oaks. 



War of the Rebellion. 127 

White Oak Sivamp, Glendale and Nelsonh Fa7'm,Su\\& 30, 1862 ; 
south of the Chickahoniiiiy. 

Malvern Rill, Jnly 1, 1862, troin one to two Diilos north of tlie 
Jatiies river. 

Surrender of Harper\s Ferr^y, September 16, 1862, 
iSailor^s Creek^ Ya., Api-il 6, 1865; rmis north to the Appomattox 
river, between Jettersville and Farmville. 

Spottsylvania, Ya., May 8 to May 12, 1864 ; Spottsylvania G. H., 
within the enemy's h'ne and l)etween the Ny and Po rivers. Tlie 
last engagement closed at 3 a. m., May 15, a portion of the Union 
troops having been under fire for twenty hours. — Grant. 

Totopotorny Creek, Ya., May 30, 1864 ; creek runs east and empties 
into the Pamnnkey river. 

Wauhatohie, Tenn., October 28, midnight, on the west side of 
Lookout Mountain near the Tennessee river. 

Williamshnrg, Ya., May 6, 1862, north of west of Yorktown, on 
the peninsula between the York and James rivers. 
Wilderness, Ya., May 5 to 7, 1864. 

Mine Run, May 5, Wilderness Tavern, May 6, 1864, three and 
one-lialf miles south-west from Ely's Ford and Rapidan river. The 
engagement of the 6th took place on the Germania plankroad 
and on the Orange C. H. turnpike, the Union lines extending 
across both roads and in semi-circle west of their junction. 

Todd's Tavern, May 7, four miles south of Wilderness Tavern, 
Weldon Railroad, Ya., August 18,, 19 and 20, 1864, south of 
Petersburg. 

Yellow Tavern, Ya., May 11, 1864, four miles north of Richmond. 



HOSPITALS. 



A description of the surroundings of a hospital, during a war, re- 
quires greater diversity than does the definition of the term. 
Briefly a hospital was a place set apart for the medical and surgical 
treatment of diseases and wounds. Li the field and during a battle, 
any convenient })lace beyond danger — under a tree, beside a brook, a 
house, church, barn, or shed — became a hospital, and was sometimes 
designated by a white or red flag or piece of cloth. 

Field Hospitals. 
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128 Schoharie Couxty Veterans. 

;uk1 the incipient stages of more obstinate diseases and were located 
within tlie encampment of the roixinient. IJrigade and division hospi- 
tals were under the supervision of surgeons of a higher grade than the 
regimental surgeons, and were occupied by patients from the differ- 
ent reginnents belonging to the brigade or division. A corps hos- 
pital generally existed only after a general battle and until the woun- 
ded could be transferred to permanent hospitals in the different 
northern cities, or placed in one general field hospital until they 
became able to endure transportation. The largest field hospital 
establisheil during the war was known as Camp Letterman, at 
Gettysburg, Pa. It was located east of the town, near the railroad, 
and its rows of canvas houses represented a small town, inhabited 
by thousands of nmtilated soldiers of both armies. 

General Hospitals 
were for the most part public buildings, stores or warehouses rented 
for the purpose by the government, and furnished with cots, baths, 
and all the comforts and a]>pliances of a perfected system. A few 
hospitals were erected for the express purpose, in different north- 
ern cities; these were made u|) of "wards" or large, well-ven- 
tilated rooms, furnished with a certain number of cots, and in charge 
of a surgeon hired by the government. A ward master, sister of 
charity and nurses were his assistants. 

General hospitals were for the treatment of disabled men from 
any part of the array, without regard to branch of service or organi- 
zation. The sick or wounded most seriously disabled were treated 
at those general hospitals nearest the army, and if j)artially recovered 
and able to endure transportation, then were removed farther north, 
to make room for more serious cases which might come from the 
field. 



OFFICERS COMMISSIONED ON ENTERING THE 
SERVICE. 

S. Hoosic Mix, Colonel. 
Schoharie — Married ; aged 3G ; mustered as lieutenant-colonel at 
Washington, District of Columbia, August 16, 1861; nmstered as 
colonel, April 26, 1862; " killed in action at Petersburg, June 15, 
1864; wounded while leading his brigade in a charge in. front of 
Petersburg, June 15, 1864, and died June 15, 1864."— i/. B. Son, 
Frank G. Grandson, Hoosack. 



War of the Rebellion, 129 

Colonel Mix entered the service as a recruiting officer in July, 
1861, enlisting men for a regiment of cavalry, under the patron- 
age of — — Yan Allen, a wealthy New York gentleman who fur- 
nished the necessary funds. On the promotion of Yan Allen to the 
rank of brigadier-general, the regimental title of "Yan Allen Cav- 
alry " was dropped and the organization designated " Third New 
York Cavalry " with Colonel Mix commanding. Subsequently and 
on several occasions he was offered promotion to rank as brigadier- 
general but declined, preferring to remain with his regiment. At 
the time of his death he was temporarily commanding a brigade and 
leading it in the charge on the enemy at Petersburg. " His body 
was left on the field and buried by the Rebels. No braver, better 
soldier ever lived, or died, than Colonel Mix." 

John E. Cook, Lieutenant-Colonel. 

Middleburg — Paper-maker; married; aged 33; enlisted as a 
private, October 1, 1861; commissioned captain, October 14, 1861 ; 
major, June 25, 1863 ; lieutenant-colonel, July 3, 1863 ; de- 
tailed on special duty on December 6th by adjutant-general of New 
York; rejoined his regiment at Belle Plain in March, 1863; was 
slightly wounded at Gettysburg, and received a severe gunshot wound 
in the right arm at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, and 
again sustained fracture of two ribs by shell explosion at Poplar Grove 
Church, Ya., October 7, 1864; mustered out of service by reason of 
expiration of terra, October 15, 1864 ; P. O., Rutherford, N. J.; 
carpenter and builder; widower. One child, Mary L. Fake. Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Cook was born in Hadley, Mass., August 25, 1829, 
and removed to Middleburg in 1848. Possessing some military knowl- 
edge and unlimited patriotism, he enlisted with the first to rendez- 
vous at Cherry Yalley. His ability was at once recognized and he 
was detailed on recruiting service. After a few days on such duty 
he returned with a sufficient number of volunteers to entitle him 
to be mustered as captain. During the occupation of Fredericksburg 
in 1862, by the Seventy-sixth New York, Captain Cook served as pro- 
vost marshal under Major C. E. Loring, Military Governor. The just 
and honorable manner in which the affairs were governed by martial 
law under the direction of this gentleman elicited much favorable 
comment and praise from the "Fredericksburg Christian Banner ''^ 
published at that time. Captain Cook's first battle was the 2d Bull 
Run, and he followed the fortunes of his regiment through all the 
principal battles in which it was engaged until he was mustered out 
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130 Schoharie County Veterans. 

of the service. After tlie death of Major Grover at Gettysburg he 
succeeded to the command of the regiment, and was complimented by 
Brigadier-General Cutter in his report, " for gallantry and coolness." 
He recovered from the wound received at the Wilderness sufficiently 
to rejoin his regiment before Petersburg, June 22, 1864. The 
wound from shell, in the side, received in October following, confined 
him to the hospital for a long time. Having performed the duties 
and assumed the responsibilities of colonel of his regiment without 
being permitted to assume the rank, he consented to be mustered out 
at the expiration of his term. After muster out he accepted an ap- 
pointment under Genei'al Doubleday and was retained for several 
months after the close of the war. He became a resident of Ruther- 
ford, N. J., in 1876, and identified himself with Custer Post No. 17 
of the G. A. R. Having passed three score years of an eventful 
life, he finds rest and content in the home of his daughter, the only 
survivor of his family. 

George W. Snyder, Captain U. S. A., Great-grandson of the 

Revolution. 

Richmondmlle — Single ; aged 25; graduated from West Point 
as second lieutenant ; promoted to first lieutenant of Engineers, July 
1, 1860; assigned to duty at Fort Sumter; served in its defense until 
the evacuation; commissioned captain, with rank from April 14, 
1861, and assigned to the staff of General Heintzleman ; served as 
aide at battle of 1st Bull Run; contracted diarrhea and died 
November 11, 1861; buried at Warnerville, N. Y. 

John L. Vanalstyne, Assistant Surgeon. 

Richmondmlle — Aged 22 ; mustered February 23, 1863 ; mus- 
tered out July 12, 1865, at Suffolk, Ya.— i¥. R. 

George H. Leonard, Assistant Surgeon. 

Richmondville — Mustered October 7, 1862 ; assigned to Fifty- 
first New York Infantry ; contracted disability after battle of Fred- 
ericksburg and died at Brooklyn, N. Y., Februai-y, 1863. 

Nelson Fanning, Surgeon. 

Gilboa — Mustered July 23, 1802, and assigned to the One 
Hundred and Thirty -fourth New York Volunteer Infantry ; resigned 
May 25, 1863. 



War of the Rebellion. 131 

John Materneghan, Captain. 

Schoharie — Carriage-maker ; married ; commissioned captain 
October 1, 1862, with rank from August 21, 1862, and assigned to 
Company C, One Hundred and Thirty- fourth New York Infantry ; 
resigned March 28, 1863 ; West Troy, N. Y.; car builder ; married. 
Children, Nellie, Mollie. 

John B. Vroman, Captain. 

Blenheim — Parmer; married; aged 40 ; commissioned October 1, 
1862, with rank from August 19 ; resigned October 24, 1862; 
died at Eminence 1885. 

Frank Fletcher, Captain. 

Fulton — Age 26; commissioned captain, September 12, 1862, 
and assigned to Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New 
York Infantry, and appointed chaplain of the regiment ; discharged 
June 13, 1863. 

A. H. Southwell, Captain. 

Middlehurg — Age 34 ; enlisted August 18, 1862 ; mustered as 
captain of Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New Yoi'k 
Infantry, September 23; resigned March 17, 1863; East Albany, 
N.Y. 

Henry Cook, Captain. 

CohlesJcill — Commissioned October 1, 1862, and assigned to Com- 
pany G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New York Infantry ; re- 
signed January 13, 1863. 

Perry E. McMasters, Captain. 

Esperance — Commissioned second lieutenant; promoted to cap- 
tain with rank from October 3, 1863 ; brevet major with rank from 
September 24, 1862 ; resigned March 27, 1863 ; recommissioned 
adjutant, May 9, 1863; captain. May 2, 1865.— J/. 

S. S. Mitchell, Captain. 

Middlehurg — Married; age 25; commissioned lieutenant and 
assigned to Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New 
York Infantry, September 28, 1862 ; commissioned captain, March 
17, 1863 ; resigned June 4, 1863 ; 38 Eagle street, Albany, N. Y. 
lumber salesman ; married. Children, Alice M., Ida, Isabel. 



132 Schoharie County Veterans. 

James M. Dart, Captain. 

Jefferson — Age 23 ; commissioned lieutenant and captain; as- 
signed to Company E, One Plundred and Tbirty-fourth New York 
Infantry ; resigned March 6, 1864. — M. 

James Glenn, Captain. 
Schoharie — Carriage-trimmer ; single ; age 24 ; commissioned 
iirst lieutenant, August 21, 18G2 ; assigned to Company C, One 
Hundred and Thirty-fourth New York Infantry ; promoted to cap- 
tain, January 11, 1862, and assigned to Company I of the same regi- 
ment ; resigned February 25, 1863. He enlisted, previously, April 
19, 1861, as a member of the Burgesses Corps, Twenty-tifth New 
^ork Militia, and served with the organization until mustered out 
August 4, 1861; Dayton, Ind. ; carriage-trimmer; married. Chil- 
dren, Mattie, Nellie, Mary. 

Henry Parsons, Captain. 

Sharon — Lawyer; single; age 26 ; commissioned first lieuten- 
ant, October 1, 1862, with rank from September 2, and assigned to 
Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Infantry ; promoted 
to captain, February 5, 1863, with rank from Januarj' 11 ; resigned 
June 3, 1863; Rye, Westchester county, N. Y.; office 38 Park 
Row, New York city ; lawyer ; married. Children, Agnes, Henry 
G., H. Grace, Bertha, Howard C, John, Claud. 

William L. Baldwin, Lieutenant. 

Gilboa — Lawyer ; age 26 ; commissioned second lieutenant, Sep- 
tember 12, 1862, and assigned to Company I, One Hundred and 
Thirty-fourth New York Infantry ; contracted disability and re- 
signed January 11, 1863; Breakabeen ; lawyer, ('hildren, Wash- 
ington B., Philip W., Rena. 

Wilbur Fisk Ramsey, First Lieutenant. 

Cdhlesldll — Commissioned second lieutenant of infantry and as- 
signed to Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New York 
Volunteers, September 23, 1862; promoted to fii'st lieutenant, Jan- 
uary 11, 1863 ; resigned and discharged for disability, A])ril 24, 
1863 ; died December 8, 1871, at New York city. His only nephew, 
Frank DeWitt Ramsey, graduated from West Point, and commis- 
sioned second lieutenant, Ninth United States Infantry, 1885, and 



War of the Rebellion. 133 

served in cainpaig-n against Geronimo. Stationed at Whipple Bar- 
racks, Ariz. 

Sylvester H. Newcomb, Lieutenant. 

Gilhoa — Married; age 42; commissioned lieutenant and as- 
signed to Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New York 
Infantry; resigned December 28, 1862; dead. Sons, Alva, Eugene. 

John H. Gardner, First Lieutenant. 

Sharon — Single; commissioned first lieutenant and assigned to 
Third New York Cavalry, September 2, 1862, with rank from date ; 
commissioned regimental commissary, October 11, 1862, with rank 
from date; resigned April 24, 1863 ; Sharon Spa, N. Y. ; proprietor 
of'the PavilHon ; married. Children, Susan, Julia. 

C. W. Hinman, First Lieutenant. 

Middlehurg — Harness-maker; commissioned second lieutenant 
and assigned to Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New 
York Infantry, in September, 1862; assigned as commandant of 
hospital at Schoharie ; rejoined his regiment at Fairfax, Va. ; trans- 
ferred to command Pioneer Corps of Second Division, Eleventh 
Army Corps, and promoted to first lieutenant; contracted intermit- 
tent fever at Bridgeport, Ala. ; treated in Officers' Hospital at Nash- 
ville, Tenn. ; furloughed home; resigned February, 1864 ; after- 
ward entered the United States contract service as carpenter ; was 
captured and imprisoned at Cahaba, Ala., and Andersonville, Ga., 
and remained a prisoner until the close of the war, reaching the 
Union lines April 28, 1865; Schoharie, N. Y. ; lawyer; married. 
Children, Nellie M., Douglas A., Herbert W"., Mabel, Chauncey F., 
Alice. 

Nicholas Hansen, Lieutenant. 

Carlisle — Married ; enlisted October 10, 1861 ; transferred to 
Battery M, Third New York Light Artillery, and commissioned 
lieutenant ; discharged September 13, 1864 ; died March 22, 1889, 
leaving a widow and son. 

Peter Deyo, Lieutenant. 

Jefferson — Married; age 28; commissioned first lieutenant and 
assigned to Comjxiny E, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New 
York Infantry ; resigned February 25, 1863 ; enlisted September 8, 
1864, as private of Company B, Ninety-first New York Infantry ; 



134 Schoharie County Veterans. 

discharged May 17, 1865; died at Stanton, Mich., of softening of 
tlie brain, leaving a widow and children, John, Laura, Mary, Ida, 
Delia. 

Martin L. Shafer, Second Lieutenant 

OoMesMl — Enlisted October 16, 1S61 ; assigned to Battery M, 
Third New York Light Ai-tillery ; discharged December 10, 1864. 



ARTILLERY. 



A regiment of artillery was a misnomer, so far as concerted action 
of its companies or batteries were concerned. When such orgaiji- 
zatious were maintained and recognized, the formation consisted of 
twelve companies, with a maximum number of one hundred and 
fifty men to each company, wdiich, in artillery phrase, was called a 
battery. Six guns were required for the full complement of each 
battery, although a less number often constituted a battery. The 
loss of one or more guns, or of several men, did not deprive the bat- 
tery of its title. Sickness or casualties in battle often reduced the 
working force to one hundred, and in many cases to one-half its orig- 
inal strength. In light artillery, where a regimental organization 
existed, the batteries were generally independent of each other in 
their movements. In the distribution of troops for field service, each 
division included a battery, and if it belonged to a regimental organ- 
ization, its associate batteries would be scattered among three or 
more corps. Many companies of light artillery were organized in- 
dependently, and were called independent batteries, and were dis- 
tributed among the different corps of the armj^, as was the case with 
batteries of a regimental organization. Light artillery, as its name 
implies, followed the division of troops to which it was attached, 
and was essentially a marching and in some cases a flying branch of 
the service. Heavy artillery organizations were more permanently 
located in forts and established defenses, and the regiments were 
more consolidated. Usually the troops in such organizations were 
armed and drilled as infantry under preparation to resist an attack 
at close quarters, while the men of the light artillery, in addition to 
the battery guns, were each armed with a saber and revolver. 

Record Ahbreviations — M. Missing; nothing can be learned of the 
soldier after discliarge. M. R. Record taken from Muster Rolls. 
A. Record asked for, and not furnished. 



War of the Eebelliok. 135 

ROLL CALL. 

First New York Light Artillery 

was organized dnrmg the months of August, September and Octo- 
ber, 1861, l)y companies, which were assigned to the different corps 
as follows : Battery A to the Fourth Corps, A. P. ; Batteries B 
and G to the Second Corps ; Batteries C, E, and H to the Fifth 
Corps ; Battery D to the Third Corps ; Battery F to the Twenty- 
second Corps ; Battery I to the Eleventh Corps ; Batteries K and 
M to the Twelfth Corps, and Battery L to the First Corps. 

battery c. 

William H. Wilds. 

Sharon — Carriage ironer ; married ; age 37 ; enlisted September 
5, 1861:; served in regular line of duty until discharged, June 17, 
1865; Sharon Springs, N. Y.; citizen ; married. Children, Isabel C, 
John H. 

Henry G. Fraats. 

Sharon — Farmer ; married ; age 39 ; enlisted September 5, 1864 ; 
did full service until discharged, June 17, 1865 ; Sharon Springs, 
N. Y. ; citizen ; married. Daughter, Lillie G. 

Chauncy W. Wagoner. 

Sharon — Laborer ; single; age 21 ; enlisted Septembers, 1864 ; 
killed before Petersburg, April 2, 1865, by gunshot through the 
head. 

William Robinson. 

Sharon — Carpenter; married; age 52; enlisted September 5, 
1862 ; did regular service until discharged, June 17, 1865; Sharon 
Center, N, Y. ; citizen ; married. Children, Philothela, Orville. 

George F. Shafer. 

Sharon — Carriage- maker; married; age 36 ; enlisted September 
5, 1864 ; died of congestion of lungs at Arlington Heights, October 
26, 1864; buried in Leesville Cemetery. 

Hamilton Cummings. 

Fulton — Laborer; married; age 36 ; enlisted August 27, 1864 ; 
served on regular duty for six weeks and was then detailed for duty 



136 Schoharie County Veterans. 

at Colonel Wainwright's liead-qnarters ; rejoined his battery and 
served in line of regular duty until detailed as teamster near Peters- 
burg, and served on such duty until discharged, June 17, 1865 ; 
Middleburg, N. Y, ; laborer ; married. Children, Lucella, Isaac, Lib- 
bie, Catharine, Reuben, Lovina, Rena, Etta, Orlena. 

Jeremiah Pitcher. 

Sharon — Carpenter; married; age 37; enlisted September 10, 
1864; contracted fever, treated at Point Lookout Hospital, where he 
died February 23, 1864, leaving a widow and children, Charles H., 
Ellen. 

Charles E. Baker. 

Sharon — Painter ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted September 5, 1864 ; 
contracted fever at Arlington Heights, and was under treatment by 
post surgeon for six weeks ; rejoined his battery at " Before Peters- 
burg ;" served in Forts Steadman and Sedgwick, in the engage- 
ment of April 2, 1865; discharged June 17, 1865; Ilion; painter; 
married. Children, Charles D., Grace L., Jeanette C, Carrie M., 
Frank S., William I. 

BATTERY E. 

William G. Best, Sergeant. 
Fulton — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted February 26, 1864; 
contracted sciatic rheumatism and luuibago at " Before Petersburg ; " 
remained with his battery until discharged, June 16, 1865 ; Fulton- 
ham; farmer; married. 

Eugene Orr. 
Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted February 26, 1864 ; 
joined his battery at Culpeper, Ya. ; contracted measles near Cold 
Harbor; treated at New York city ; rejoined his battery, suffered a 
relapse and was sent to City Point, where he died, September 8, 
1864. 

Monroe C. Teller. 

Fulton — Citizen; single ; age 18 ; enlisted February 26, 1864; 
joined his battery at Culpeper, Va., and did full service until dis- 
charged with his battery, June 16, 1865; Utica ; cooper ; widower. 
Children, Grace, Gertie, Clifford. 



War of the Rebellion. 137 



BATTERY K. 



Martin Low. 

Skai'on — Book-keeper ; single; age 19; enlisted September 15, 
1864 ; was transferred to Battery C, and lie was a member at time 
of his discharge, June 17, 1865 ; Solomon City, Kan.; farmer; mar- 
ried. Children, Herbert M., Ralph W., John L., Bruce Le Roy, 
Lorena, Margaret E. 

BATTERY M. 

Thomas O. Burnette. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age 21 ; enlisted September 2, 1864, 
at Lockport, N.Y.; joined his battery at Chattanooga, Tenn.; contrac- 
ted camp fever and diarrhea ; sent for treatment to Nashville, 
Tenn., January 1, 1865 ; rejoined his battery at near Savannah, 
February following, and did full service until discharged, June 17, 
1865; Summit, N. Y.; merchant; married. Children, Rominda, 
Edna L., T. Ward. 

Third New York Light Artillery. 

This regiment was composed of men from the Nineteenth In- 
fantry and transfers from other organizations. It was originally or- 
ganized as heavy artillery, but after reorganization was equipped for 
field service. It re-enlisted at the end of its two years term, assigned 
to the Eighteenth Corps and served until the end of the war. 

battery f. 

Abram P. James. 

Fulton — Cooper ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted February 23, 1864; 
joined his battery at Beaufort, S. C; served at Jacksonville, Fla., 
Charlotte, S. C, where he was discharged ; mustered out at Syracuse. 
Gilboa ; stage-driver. Children, Grace, Gerta, Oneta, Mina. 

battery g. 

Peter Saulsburg. 

Wright — Married ; mason ; age 44 ; enlisted January 4, 1864; 
served at Newberne, N. C, at Raleigh, and again at Newberne, 
where he was discharged, July 7, 1865 ; West Berne, N. Y.; mason; 
married. Children, Mary, Charles, Peter, Frank. 
18 



138 Schoharie County Veterans. 

James K. Hall. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted August 26, 1864; 
captured at Dismal Swamp Canal, September 9, 1864 ; exchanged 
December 6, 186-4. — Town Record. M. 

Emmet Gordon. 

Sharon — Laborer; single ; age 16; enlisted August 23, 1864; 
captured at Dismal Swamp Canal, Va., September 9, 18G4; ex- 
changed December 11, 1864, — Town Record. Mustered out as at 
Camp Parole, July 7, 1865.— J/. 

Henry J. Anthony. 

Sharon — Laborer; single; age — ; enlisted August 23, 1864; 
captured at Dismal Swamp Canal, Va., September 9, 1864; ex- 
changed December 11, 1864. — Town Record. Mustered out July 7, 
1865.-/11/. R. 

BATTERY H. 

Isaac V. Cleveland. 

Cohleskill — Laborer; single; age 17; enlisted December 19, 
1863 ; joined his battery atNewberne, N. C. ; contracted inflammation 
of the brain at Getty's Station ; died about May 1, 1864. 

BATTERY K. 

Jacob Eckerson. 

Schoharie — Citizen ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted December 29, 
1863; joined his battery at Newberne, and served in its movements 
to Bermuda Hundred, Yorktown, Newport News, City Point, 
Spring Hill, Petersburg, Fort Harrison and Richmond, wliere he 
was discharged, June 30, 1865; P.O., Middlebui-g; farmer; mar- 
ried. Children, Mary, Jennie, William, Elsie, Mabel, Ellsworth. 

Ezra Eckerson. 

Schoharie— Single; age 19; enlisted January, 1864; contracted 
disability before Petersburg which has resulted in loss of memory; 
discharged from hospital ; Barnerville ; farmer ; single. 

Jesse Groesbeck, 

Richmondville — Farmer ; married ; age 43 ; enlisted June 20? 
1863; discharged June 30, 1865; Soldiers' Home, Bath, N. Y. 



War of the Rebp]Llion. 139 



BATTERY M. 



Albert Becker, Sergeant, Grandson of 1812. 

Fidton — Fanner; single; age 23; enlisted October 12,1861, 
in Seventy-sixth New York Infantry, and transferred to Third Heavy 
Artillery, in January of 1863, and remained on full service with the 
organization after the change to light artillery, re-enlisting at ex- 
piration of term, and serving in full line of duty until the close of 
the war. During service he was promoted to corporal and to ser- 
geant. His pilgrimages are here noted as the movements of Battery 
M during its service : At Arlington Heights until March, 1862, 
Newberne, N. C, until September, 1862, Roanoke Island until De- 
cember, 1862, Hatteras Inlet to March, 1863, Newberne, N. C, to 
October, 1863, Fortress Monroe, Yorktown, Portsmouth, Getty's 
Station, Va., until April, 1864, Great Bridge and other places until 
May, 1863 ; on the James river at Wilson's Wharf, Fort Powhattan, 
City Point, and before Petersburg to June 1, 1864; to Bermuda 
Hundred, November I, 1864; crossed the James river December 10, 
and was stationed at various points before Richmond until April 2, 
1865, when he entered that city ; discharged by general orders, June 
26, 1865,; Huntersland; farmer and teacher; married. Children, 
ElnoraMay, Ward L., Charles W., Nellie J., Alberta, Amy C. K., 
Maud, Laura. 

Lewis B. Ham. 

Fulton — Farraei- ; mariied ; age 21 ; enlisted October 18, 1861; 
contracted lung trouble at Fort Corcoran in February, 1862 ; served 
in the Burnside expedition to Roanoke, Hatteras, and Newberne ; 
served regularly until a month previous to the James River expedition, 
when he was taken sick on the march and abandoned by the road- 
side, where he was picked up and cared for in a regimental hospital by 
Massachusetts troops ; rejoined his battery and accompanied Butler 
up the James ; discharged for re-enlistment at Portsmouth, Va., 
December 31, 1863 ; furloughed home from Suffolk, for thirty 
days ; rejoined the battery and accompanied the Dismal Swamp 
expedition ; participated in the engagements at Petersburg mine and 
siege, Deep Bottom and before Richmond*; discharged at Rich- 
mond, Va., June 26, 1865 ; Breakabeen ; carpenter ; married. Chil- 
dren, Frank, Charles. 

Madison Edwards. 
Muldlehurg — Enlisted as a recruit, December 22, 1863 ; wounded 



140 Schoharie County Veterans. 

before Petersburg by explosion of shell, which destroyed tlie right 
hand and the thumb and two iirst lingers of the left ; treated in 
hospital at Portsmouth, Va., and discharged from there for disabil- 
ity, April 13, 1865 ; died in 1868. 

Hiram Cole. 

Esperance — Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted November 15, 
1861 ; contracted diarrhea at Getty's Station in Febrnarj', 1864, and 
treated at Portsmouth, Ya.; rejoined his regiment before Petei'sburg 
and did full service until discharged for expiration of term, Novem- 
ber 15, 1864; Amsterdam; teamster; widower. Daughter, Harriet. 

Charles Campbell. 

Esperance — Farmer; single; age 26; enlisted November 1, 
1861, in Seventy-sixth New York Infantry ; transferred to Third 
Heavy Artillery at Albany; served on full duty with his battery 
through changes of organization until expiration of term ; re-enlisted 
and took veteran furlough ; rejoined his battery at Norfolk, and 
served in line of full duty until discharged, June 26, 1865 ; Coble- 
skill ; laborer ; married. Children, Clara, Ettie, Jason, Myron, Sarah, 
Ada. 

Ralph Guernsey. 

Middleburg — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted December 22, 

1863, as a recruit ; sent to Elmira and toNewberne, N. C, vvliei'e he 
was assigned to Battery E ; transferred to Battery M in April, 1864, 
at Yorktown; did full service in line of duty until wounded, by 
exploding shell, in left leg, left fore-arm, and right breast. May 20, 

1864, near Petersburg, Va.; treated at Balfour General Hospital, 
Portsmouth, Va., and discharged by orders of war department, May 
27, 1865 ; Otego ; dealer ; married. 

Lumen Dings. 

Cohleskill — Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted as a recruit, De- 
cember 19, 1863; sent to Elmira and to Newberne, N. C; joined his 
battery at Dismal Swamp Canal, near Norfolk, Va., and served 
regularly at Getty's Station, Yorktown, Fortress Monroe, Fort Pow- 
hattan. City Point, Petersburg, Bermuda Hundred, Deep Bottom 
and Richmond ; discharged with his battery, June 26, 1865 ; Hun- 
tersland ; farmer ; married. 



War of the Rebellion. ' 141 

Eliard Bovee. 

Middleburg — Age 18; enlisted as a recruit, December 22, 1863 ; 
sent to Newberne, N. C, and assigned to Battery E ; transferred to 
Battery M at Yorktown, April, 1864.— J/. 

Ira Twitchell. 

Jefferson — Laborer; single; age 19; enlisted March 5, 1862; 
contracted fever at Newberne, N. C, and treated at Post Hospital ; 
rejoined his battery and did full service until discharged, March 4, 
1865; Jefferson; laborer; married. Daughter, Allie. 

Horatio Gates, Sergeant. 

Fulton — Farmer; married ; age 21 ; enlisted October 24, 1861; 
contracted small-pox and was treated for five weeks, and with the 
exception of a twenty days' furlough, did full service in line of duty 
until discharged, October 18, 1864; Rosedale, Kan.; merchant; mar- 
ried. Son, Cecih 

• Washington Swift. 

Sharon — Farmer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted for the Seventy -sixth 
New York, October 22, 1861 ; transferred to this organization at 
Albany ; did full service until expiration of term ; discharged Oc- 
tober 24, 1864; Sharon, N. Y.; laborer ; married. Children, Edith, 
Josephine. 

Jerome Mattice, Corporal. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age — ; enlisted October 12, 1861, for 
the Seventy-sixth New York ; transferred at Albany ; served regu- 
larly through his term; re-enlisted and did full service until dis- 
charged with his battery at Richmond, June 26, 1865. — 31. 

Charles Murphey. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age — ; enlisted October 12, 1861, in 
the Seventy-sixth New York; transferred to this battery, and did 
full service until discharged at the close of the war, June 26, 1865. 
-M. 

Lorenzo Ecker. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age — ; enlisted in Seventy-sixth New 
York, October 12, 1861; transferred to this battery; contracted typhoid 
fever during his service; discharged October 18, 1864. — M. 

Vinton Becker, Corporal. 
Sharon — Student; single; age 17; enlisted October 12, 1861; 



143 SCHOHARIE County Veterans. 

promoted to corporal; contracted diarrlieaand died at Newberne, 
N. C, April 29, 1862 ; buried iu Sharon Cemetery. 

Heman Cole 

enlisted November 7, 1861 ; dischari^ed December 8, 1864. — Town 
Record. M. 

Daniel P. Winsey. 

Sharon — Enlisted November 20, ; died at Hatteras Inlet, N. 

C. — Toion Record. 

Jacob F. Bradt. 
Sharon — Age 19; enlisted October 1, 1861; discharged June 
10, 1865. — Jl/. R. M. 

J. Wesley Smith. 

Fulton — Student ; single; age 17 ; enlisted February 17, 1863; 
discharged May 27, 1865; No. 554 West Twenty-eighth street. New 
York; ice dealer; married. Daughter, Josephine. 

Third Independent Battery. 
Organized in November, 1861 ; re-enlisted at the expiration of its 
two years' term ; assigned to the Sixth Army Corps, 

Joseph H, Rickard. 

Fulton — Farmer ; single; age 19 ; enlisted April 9, 1865 ; joined 
his battery at Arlington Heights, Ya. ; dischai-ged June 24, 1865 ; 
Blenheim, N. Y. ; machinist ; married. Clfildren, Lillian Floyd, 
Sherman, Leroy. 

John Youngs. 

Schoharie — Single; age 21 ; enlisted April 10, 1865 ; discharged 
June 16, 1865. — Town Record. M. 

Jeremiah Rollings. 

Schoharie —S\\\'p carj)enter; single; age 18; eidisted April 11, 
1865 ; discharged June 16, 1865. — T'own Record. M. 

Fourth Independent Battery. 

Samuel Briggs. 

Schoharie — Married; age 28; enrolled September, 1864; dis- 
charged September 4, 1865. — Town Record. Shutter's Corners ; far- 
mer; married. Children, Martha, Mary, Sarah, Robie. 



War of the Rf:bellion. 143 

Eleventh [ndependent Battery. 
Organized in January, 1862, and assigned to the Third Corps. 

John Barlow. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted October 2, 1861 ; con- 
tracted measles, and treated at " Old Jail " Hospital, Washington ; 
contracted typhoid fever at Fort Ellsworth, Alexandria, Va.; on re- 
covery rejoined his battery, which was sent to join Pope in the sum- 
mer of 1862, but encountered the Rebels at Manassas Junction, where 
most of the battery were taken prisoners ; he was also captured, 
but escaped by falling down in the darkness and not being missed- 
he participated in all the prominent battles of the Army of the Poto- 
mac ; at Chancellorsville two horses were shot under him, and one at 
Gettsybnrg; at Warrenton he was captured, with four others, by 
Mosby, but released about an hour afterward; discharged October 31, 
1864; Sac City, la.; farmer and carpenter; married. Children, Orra 
A., MervilleR., Edith. 

Charles W. Hemstreet, Corporal. 

Carlisle — Enlisted December 6, 1861 ; captured with others at 

Manassas Junction, while on their way to join Pope ; confined at 

Richmond ; released but died of effects of imprisonment, August 1, 

1863. 

Orlando Holdridge. 

Gilhoa — Age 20 ; enlisted October 3, 1861 ; received injuries at 
Fort Ellsworth, and discharged for disability, September 27, 1862 ; 
died soon after. 

Henry H. Wolford. 

Schoharie — Cooper; married; age 20; enlisted September 3, 
1864 ; joined his battery at City Point ; served on regular duty until 
the close of the war, and discharged, June 13, 1865 ; Cobleskill, N. 
Y.; laborer ; married. Children, George, Clinton, Schuyler, Wes- 
ley, Howard, Cyrell, Minnie, William C. 

Miner Bennett. 

Wright — Single; age 20; enlisted August 15, 1864; present at 
Siege of Petersburg; discharged June 13, 1865. — Town Record. 
Dead. Widow and one daughter, Flora, living. 

Sidney Shufelt. 

Wright — Married; age 29 ; enlisted August 15, 1864; did full 



144 Schoharie County Veterans. 

service until discharged with his battery, June 13, 1865. — Town 
Record. East Albany, N. Y.; carpenter ; married. Children, Carrie, 
Martha, Eva, Alice, Peter, Hattie, Laura. 

Melvin Richmond. 

Blenheim — Farmer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted September 6, 
1864; did full service until mustered out with his battery, June 13, 
1865. — M. R. Died of iusanity in 1887, leaving a widow. 

William Bartholemew. 

Blenheim — Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted September 6, 
1864 ; did full service until mustered out, June 13, 1865 ; Blenheim ; 
fanner ; single. 

Sixteenth Independent Battery. 

Ezra Gardner. 

Schoharie — Farmer; single; age 23; enlisted November 6, 
1861 ; did full service to the end of his term ; re-enlisted in the same 
organization, and served until discharged, July 6, 1865, after nearly 
four years' service, during which he contracted deafness and rheu- 
matism ; Schoharie; married; laborer. Children, Robie, Laura, 
Emma, Loyal, Lewis. 

Twenty-third Independent Batieky. 

Organized in December, 1861 ; assigned for duty with the Eigh- 
teenth Army Corps. 

Walter Dingman. 

Richmondville — Mechanic; married; age 34 ; enlisted Septem- 
ber 5, 1864 ; joined the battery at Newberne, N. C; transferred with 
other recruits to Eighth New York Heavy Artillery, Company E, 
January 7, 1865 ; sent to City Point Hospital for treatment for 
diarrhea and rheumatisni, January 30, to ;' Columbia Hospital, 
Washington, March 18, and to Carver Hospital, June 15 ; discharged 
under general orders, July 10, 1865 ; Summit; freighter; married. 
Cliildren, Harvey, Jessie. 

Peter Towers. 

Cobleskill — Teamster; single ; age 21; enlisted September 8, 
1864; joined his battery at Newberne; after four months, trans- 



War of the Kebellion. 145 

ferred to Company E, Eiglith New York Heavy Artillery ; contracted 
kidney trouble, and sent to City Point ; after six weeks, sent to 
Stanton Hospital, Washington, and discharged therefrom in 1865; 
Cobleskill ; horseman ; married. 

William Hanna. 

GohlesMll — -Laborer; single; age 22; enlisted September 15, 
1861:; joined the battery at Newberne ; contracted partial loss of 
sight at that place ; treated at City Point, Washington and Philadel- 
phia ; discharged June 30, 1865 ; Cobleskill ; laborer ; single. 

Ansel Fagan. 

Richmondville — Married ; age 25 ; enlisted September 30, 1864; 
transferred to Eighth Heavy Artillery, December 1, 1865, and dis- 
charged ; last heard from in British Columbia. 

Daniel Darrow. 

Cobleskill — -Single; teacher; age — ; enlisted September 5, 
1864; detailed as clerk at Hart's Island and served in such duty 
until discharged ; married. 

Bradley Palmatier. 

Cobleskill — Bartender; single; age 24 ; enlisted September 8, 
1864 ; transferred to Eighth New York Heavy Artillery ; discharged 
by general orders ; died March 15, 1891, leaving a widow and 
daughter, Ida May; 126 Washington avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. 

James Van Wie. 

Cobleskill — Age 18; enlisted September, 1864; transferred to 
Eighth Heavy Artillery, December 1, 1864.— il/. 

Thirty-foukth New York Battery. ■ 

Simeon Funk. 

Wright — Single ; conscripted and assigned, June, 1864 ; died at 
Harwood Hospital, January 15, 1865. 

Second New York Heavy Artillery. 

Organized August, 1861, for two years' service, and re-enlisted at 

the expiration of its term. It was equipped as infantry and sent to the 

front in 1864, and became part of Barlow's Division of the Second 

Corps 

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146 Schoharie County Veterans. 

company g. 

Luman L. Jones. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted January 21, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Arlington Heights ; did full service with his 
regiment from the Wilderness to Petersburg ; wounded by gunshot 
in right knee, June 16, 1864 ; sent to City Point and to Washing- 
ton, July 3 ; furloughed home July 26 ; reported at Finlay Hospital, 
September 24 ; detailed as night-watch for two weeks, then reported 
back to board and w^as detailed as orderly to Dr. Bloodgood until 
November 16, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps ; con- 
tracted pneumonia, December 22, and remained under treatment 
until April 8, 1865, when he was furloughed home ; reported at 
Albany, N. Y., and was discharged, September 13, 1865; South 
Jefferson, N. Y.; farmer; single. 

Daniel White. 

Blenheim — Shoemaker ; single ; age 27 ; enlisted March 28, 
1864 ; joined his regiment during the battle of the Wilderness ; 
wounded " Before Petersburg " by gunshot, with loss of second finger 
of left hand ; sent to Hart's Island and furloughed home ; discharged 
after the war ; Blenheim ; laborer ; married. Son, William. 

COMPANY H. 

Rufus Partridge. 

Blenheim — Enlisted January 26, 1861; discharged April 7, 
\%m.—Town Record. M. 

COMPANY I. 

Charles Wiltey. 

Blenheim — Single; age 19; enlisted February 9, 1864; dis- 
charged June 10, 1865. — Town Record. M. 

COMPANY K. , , 

Hiram Kniskern. 

Blenheim, — Single; age 18; enlisted January 20, 1804; joined 
his regiment at Wasliington, and did full service until captured at 
Reams Station, August 25, 1864 ; confined at Libby and Belle Isle 
for forty-five days {See Prison Report)', taken to Annapolis, and fur- 



War of the Eebellion. 147 

louglied home ; exchanged four months after capture ; rejoined his 
regiment before Petersburg, January 1, 18G5, and served in the Ap- 
pomattox campaign ; his last engagement with the enemy, April 2, 
1864. being in the attaclc on Lee's trains, which were heavily guarded; 
Blenheim ; farmer ; married. 

Alonzo Bouck. 

Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age — ; enlisted January 20, 1864 ; 
captured August 16, 1864, at Deep Bottom, \^a. — M. R. Confined 
at Belle Isle until November, 1864, and then sent to Florence, S. C, 
where he died. 

Orrin Maybee. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted January 26, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Washington ; served in line of full duty until 
discharged, September 29, 1865 ; West Fulton, N. Y.; shoemaker; 
married. Children, Kosa, Goldie. 

Jay Tompkins, Sr. 

Fulton — Farmer ; married ; age 44 ; enlisted February 24, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Washington ; contracted edema of the legs 
on the march from Fredericksburg to the Wilderness and sent to 
hospital ; rejoined his regiment before Petersburg ; unable to do 
duty ; rejoined his regiment at Appomattox ; returned to hospital 
and discharged. May 3, 1865. — A. Sons in the service, Jay, Jr., 
George. Joshua. 

Jay Tompkins, Jr. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 16 ; enlisted February 24, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Washington ; did full service until instantly 
killed by shell at near Petersburg, June 17, 1864 ; buried on the 
field by his brother George, and Comrade Orrin Maybee. 

George Tompkins. 

Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted January 26, 1864 ; 
joined his regiment at Washington ; detailed on special service at 
brigade head-quarters, until discharged, September 29, 1865. — A. 

Henry Parslow, Son of 1812. 

Blenheim — Farmer; married; age 46; enlisted December 6, 
1861, and served his entire term without sickness or injury ; re-en- 
listed in same company and regiment, December 25, 1863, and 



148 Schoharie County Veterans. 

served on full duty until wounded by gunshot in left leg above the 
ankle, before Petersburg, June 20, 1804 ; treated at Campbell Hos- 
pital, Washington, and discharged therefrom for disability, Novem- 
ber 29, 1864; died April, 1891. Children, Alonzo (in the service 
also), Roxy E. 

Washington Kniskern. 

Blenheim — Age 21 ; single ; enlisted January 20, 1864 ; dis- 
charged April 7, 1864. — A. Reported as recently married. 

Fourth New York HEAvr Artillery. 

Late in the year 1861, it was proposed to organize a regiment to 
be called the First United States Lancers, and many enrollments 
were made under that title. In February of 1862, the organization, 
having been merged into the Fourth New York Heavy Artillery, with 
head-quarters at Staten Island, N. Y., was transferred to Washington 
and distributed amongthe forts therenbout. Company B being stationed 
successively at Forts Grebel, De Kalb, Strong and Ethan Allen. The 
regiment remained in such service, many of the men re-enlisting, 
until the spring of 1864, when with other organizations of that class 
it was equipped as infantry and sent to the front, serving in Miles' 
Division of the Second Corps. 

COMPANY A. 

Thomas L. Shafer. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted December 1, 1861, 
at Staten Island ; contracted measles at Fort Grebel, and treated at 
Post Hospital ; discharged for disability 1862 ; Pichmondville ; jew- 
eler ; married. Children, Arthur, Lela, Clyde, Grace. 

COMPANY B. 

A. Sidney Thomas. 

Conesville — Farmer ; single ; age 17 ; enlisted October 23, 1861; 
did full service throughout his term; re-enlisted January 4, 1864, at 
Fort Ethan Allen, and did full service until discharged by orders of 
war department, September 26, 1865 ; Gilboa ; merchant; married. 
Children, Frank, Mabel. 

Alexander E. Borthwick, Corporal. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted Noveml)er 16, 1861 ; 



War of the Rebellion. 149 

stationed with his regiment at Forts Grebel, De Kalb and Strong ; 
contracted typhoid fever in summer of 1862, resulting from sunstroke 
and cholera morbus ; discharged for disability, August 26, 1862 ; 
enlisted again at Saratoga Springs, October 1, 1863, in Company C, 
Second New York Veteran Cavalry ; joined his regiment at Camp 
Stoneman, Washington, and transferred wnth it to New Orleans ; 
served with his regiment in the Red River campaign, at which time it 
was attached to the Fifth Brigade of A. L. Lee's Division of the 
Nineteenth Corps ; was wounded in the right hand by shell at 
Marksville, La., May 16, 1864, and treated at General Hospital, Baton 
Rouge, La. ; furloughed home July 27, for sixty days ; rejoined his 
regiment, having in his charge forty recruits, at Morganzia, La. ; did 
reojular service with his res-iment during- its raids in the fall and 
winter of 1864 ; was wounded in left knee by gunshot at McLeod's 
Mills, Mississippi, December 10, 1864 ; served in the Mobile cam- 
paign and took part in the skirmish at Claiborne, Miss., April 20, 
1865, and one of the last engagements of the war ; served on provost 
duty through southern and central Alabama with head-quarters at 
Talladega ; afterward removed to Selma, and on October 8, 1865, 
started en route for home by way of Demopolis, Meridan, Jackson, 
Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Cairo, Lidianapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo, 
and Albany, where he was mustered out, November 27, 1865 ; 71 
Alder street, Portland, Ore. ; real estate; married. Son, Wil- 
liam M. 

Marcus Richtmyer. 

Conesville — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted November 16, 
1861 ; served in line of duty and " always ready for rations " until 
wounded before Petersburg, June 18, 1864, by gunshot, through 
right thigh, which severed the sciatic nerve ; discharged for expiration 
of term, December 17, 1864 ; Westerville, Caster Co., Neb.; farmer; 
married. Children, Mary A., Eva N., Mysette, Emma, Ella, Julia, 
William H. 

Francis C. Ames, Sergeant. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted September 25, 1861 ; 
did full service through first enlistment ; re-enlisted November 16, 
1863, as sergeant in same company ; contracted diarrhea and was 
treated in Second Army Corps Hospital, from July 26 to August 
12, 1864; discharged with his company by order 220, September 26, 
1865 ; Stamford ; carpenter ; married. Daughter, Jessie May. 



150 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Henry A. De Sylvia. 

Gilhoa — Fanner; single; age 18; enlisted October 29, 1861; 
did full service in his company through bis first term ; re-enlisted at 
Fort Ethan Allen, November 16, 1863 ; detailed to Second Corps, 
Artillery Brigade Train, at Brandy Station, Ya., in March, 1864; re- 
turned to his regiment in August ; detailed in September as teamster 
in First Division, Second Corps, and remained on such duty until the 
train was mustered out in May, 1865 ; rejoined his company and 
served in line of duty until discharged, September 26, 1865 ; Eldred, 
Sullivan Co., N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Sarah A., Ever- 
ette I. 

James W. Porter. 

Conesville — Merchant; single; age 19; enlisted 1861; served 
regularly until wounded by gunshot in side and arm at Cold Harbor ; 
rejoined his regiment after treatment and served until discharged with 
his compan}^, September 26, 1865 ; died of effects of wounds received 
in the service. 

Walter S. Hay. 

Conesville — Farmer and teacher ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted Septem- 
ber 23, 1861 ; contracted typhus fever soon after enlistment and 
treated at Bellevue Hospital, New York; rejoined his regiment and 
did full service until discbarged, at near Petersburg, October 5, 
1864 ; West Laurens, N. Y.; farmer and teacher ; married. Cbildren, 
Oliver H., Levi W., Mary H., John F. 

William H. Hay. 

Conesville — Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted September 23, 
1861 ; did full and regular duty throughout his term of enlistment 
and was not wounded, captured or frightened to death ; discharged 
near Petersburg, Ya., October 5, 1864; Auburn, Neb.; bank cashier; 
married. Children, Minnie, Herbert. 

Arthur H. Fargher, Sergeant. 

Gilhoa — Cabinet-maker; single; age 21; enlisted September 
23, 1861 ; did service as teamster for six months ; promoted to 
corporal and to sergeant ; re-enlisted in same organization and served 
regularly until discharged with his company, September 26, 1865; 
Schoharie; undertaker and furniture dealer; married. Children, 
Freddie R., Minnie E., Benjamin J. 



War oe the Rebellion. 151 

James A. Mackey. 

Gilboa — Farmer; single; age 22 ; enlisted December 27, 1861; 
detailed as teamster from April, 1862, to November, 1862 ; detailed 
again at Fort Ethan Allen, and rejoined his regiment before Peters- 
burg near the Yellow-House ; discharged January 3, 1865 ; Gilhoa; 
farmer; married. Cliildren, Frank, Mary, Catharine, James G. 

Alden M. Hay. 

Gilhoa — Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted December 21, 1863; 
wounded at Petersbui-g, June 18, 1864, by gunshot in side of neck; 
captured at Reams Station, August 25, 1864 ; confined at Belle Isle 
and paroled September 30, 1864 ; exchanged and rejoined his regi- 
ment, February 15, 1865 ; discharged September 25, 1865 ; Chico- 
pee Falls, Mass.; overseer in dressing mill ; married. Son, Alden, 
Jr. 

Charles Saxe. 

Gilhod — Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted September 23, 1861; 
died of consumption at Catskill, October 11, 1864, while on veteran 
furlough, 

Martin Richtmyer, Corporal. 

Conesville — Farmer; single; age 28; enlisted September 28, 
1861 ; re-enlisted ; contracted diarrhea in July, 1864, and treated at 
Soldiers' Rest, Washington ; rejoined his regiment, January 1, 1865; 
wounded by gunshot in the hand at Five Forks, Va.; discharged 
September 26, 1865.— i!/. R. M. 

Jefferson Hay. 

Gilboa — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted December 23, 1863 ; 
captured at Reams Station, August 25, 1864; confined at Salisbury, 
where he died. 

Michael Welch. 

Gilhoa — Age 21 ; enlisted October 23, 1861 ; discharged for ex- 
piration of term, October 29, 1864.— Ji. R. M. 

George Chichester, Second Lieutenant. 

Gilhoa — Laborer ; single ; age — ; enlisted September 23, 1861 ; 
promoted to sergeant and to second lieutenant ; discharged ; died 
since. 



152 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Joseph Monroe. 

Gilhoa — Mill openitive ; siiii^le ; aee 19 ; enlisted September 28, 
1861 ; did full service in line of duty during- his terra of enlistment, 
discharged September 30, 180-±; killed by railway train. Son, He- 
man. 

John Beltman. 

Gilhoa — Mill operative; single; age — ; enlisted 1861 ; served 
on regular duty through his term of enlistment; discharged. — M. 

Elmer Fox. 

Gilhoa — Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted January 21, 1864 ; 
did full service until June, 1864, when he was left by the wayside, 
during a march, sick and exhausted ; nothing more known of him. 

Henry Dibble. 

Conesville — Laborer; married; age 21 ; enlisted December 17, 
1861 ; did full service until he became sick and exhausted while on 
a march, and was left by the wayside ; died a prisoner at Augusta, 
Ga., June 18, 1864.— Ji. R. 

Solomon D. Hubble. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted December 17, 1861 ; 
served in line of full duty through iirst term ; re-enlisted and served 
regularly until discharged by orders of war department, September 
26, 1865, died July 4, 1876, leaving a widow and one child. 

Alanson E. Mosier. 

Conesville — Farmer; single; age 24 ; enlisted January 13, 1862, 
and did regular service until discharged by orders of war department, 
September 26, 1865.— J/. ^. M. 

Willard Schermerhorn. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted October 13, 1861; 
re-enlisted at Fort Ethan Allen, January 4, 1864 ; did full service 
in line of duty during both terms and was discharged by orders of war 
department, September 26, 1865 ; Gilboa, N. Y.; laborer; married. 
Daughter, Eva. 

Hiram Schermerhorn. 

Gilhoa — Laborer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted December 21, 1863; 



War of the Rebellion. 153 

captured at JReanis Station, August 25, 1864 ; confined at Belle Isle 
until exchanged; contracted typhoid fever; furloughed home; re- 
joined his regiment and did full service until discharged, September 

26, 1865 ; nothing is known of him since. 

James L. Bailey. 

Gilhoa — Laborer; single; age 20; enlisted October 23,1861; 
did full service until captured at Reams Station, Va., August 25, 
1865 ; confined at Belle Isle until October 7, 1864, and then removed 
to Salisbury, N. C, where he died, January 25, 1865. {See Prison 
Report.) 

Nathan Egnor. 

Gilhoa — Laborer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted December 25, 1863 ; 
did regular service until transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, April 

27, 1865 ; died a few years after the war. 

Malbone Wiesmar. 

Gilhoa — Citizen ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted September 21, 1861 ; 
serve,d his full term and was discharged October 5, 1864. — M. R. 
Died soon afterward in New York city. 

Thaddeus Layman. 

Conesville — Laborer ; single; age 26 ; enlisted October 7, 1861 ; 
did continuous Service nntil captured at Reams Station, August 25, 
1864 ; confined at Belle Isle ; removed to Salisbury, N. C, where he 
died, October 24, 1864. 

James L. Van Loan. 

Conesmlle — Farmer; single; age 29; enhsted December 24, 
1864 ; killed by exploding shell at Reams Station, August 25, 1864. 

John Morehouse. 

Conesville — Laborer ; married ; age 36 ; enlisted January 18, 
1864 ; killed in an assault on Petersburg, June 18, 1864. — M. R. 

Alexander Van Loan. 

Conesville — Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted November 9, 
1861 ; re-enlisted ; doing full service ; wounded in the ankle by 
gunshot before Petersburg ; discharged September 26, 1865; in- 
mate of Soldiers' Home at Hampton Roads. 
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154 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Daniel S. Roe, Grandson of 1812. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 24; enlisted January 4, 1864; 
discharged September 26, 1865 ; Hale's Eddy, N. Y.— A. 

Alonzo Mattice. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted December 22, 1861 ; 
died near Petersburg, Jnly 20, 1864. 

Samuel Small. 

Conesville — Cooper; single; age — ; enlisted December 27, 1861 ; 
died at Fort Ethan Allen, November 20, 1862.— M. R. 

WhitedM. Selleck. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted December 19, 1861 ; 
contracted measles at Staten Island, resulting in consumption ; died 
atGilboa, August 23, 1862.— J/. B. 

John Williams. 

Blenlieira — Cooper; single ; age 18 ; enlisted December 27, 1863 ; 
joined the regiment at Fort Ethan A.llen ; wounded in the head and 
ankle at Reams Station, August 25, 1864, and taken prisoner ; paroled 
a month afterward and sent to Parole Camp, Annapolis ; four weeks 
later was furloughed home; Blenheim ; farmer ; married. 

John L. Jenkins. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted December 22, 1863 ; 
joined the company at Fort Ethan Allen ; taken prisoner at Peams 
Station, August 25, 1864; confined at Belle Isle and later at Salis- 
bury, N. C., where he died ; " missing in action." — M. R. 

Hiram Stilwell. 
Gilhoa — Farmer; single ; age 20 ; enlisted December 22, 1863 ; 
joined his comj^any at Fort Ethan Allen ; contracted measles at that 
place ; taken prisoner at Peams Station, August 25, 1864 ; confined 
in Libby and Belle Isle for nearly two months, and at Salisbury for 
four months, then transferred to Florence, where he remained until 
exchanged, near the close of the war ; disciiarged July 6, 1865 ; 
Eminence; laborer; married. Children, William H., Minnie, George. 

George Fries. 
GilJboa — Farmer; single ; age 22 ; enlisted December 22, 1863 ; 



War of the Eebellion. 155 

taken prisoner at Reams Station, August 25, 1864 ; confined at 
Belle Isle, where lie died, March 9, 1SQ5'.—II. R. 

Henry Monroe. 

Gilhoa — Factory operative ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted September 
23, 1861; captured at Reams Station, August 25, 1864; confined at 
Belle Isle for four months and then paroled ; sent to Annapolis and 
afterward to New York city, where he was discharged, December 
12, 1864; Stnyvesant, N. Y.; mechanic; married. Children, 
Minnie, Maud, May, Pearl, Jessie. 

Ralph Bear. 

Conesville — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted December 17, 
1861 ; taken prisoner at Reams Station, August 25, 1864 ; confined 
at Belle Isle and Salisbury, N. C; died of diarrhea at the last place, 
November 29, 1864 ; Salisbury Cem., No. of Grave, 182. 

Homer De Sylvia. 

Gilloa — Farmer; single; age 19 ; enlisted October 17, 1861; 
did full service through two terms of enlistment, and discharged by 
orders, war department, September 26, 1865 ; Brunswick, Rensselaer 
Co., N. Y.; butcher ; married. Children, Algernon S., William S., 
George E., Etta, Homer, Jr., Daisey, Charles H. 

Abram Shoemaker. 

Gilhoa — Age 23 ; enlisted September 23, 1861 ; discharged for 
disability, July 31, 1862.— Towjw Record. M. 

Luman D. Moon. 

Gilhoa — Age 24 ; enlisted December 27, 1861 ; re-enlisted 
November 17, 1863 ; mustered out September 26, 1865. — Tow7i 
Record. 31. 

Vernon Hitchcock. 

Conesville — Enhsted December 27,1861; discharged January 
3, 1865.— i/. R. M. 

Francis G. Lawyer, Corporal. 

6^^7Z'C>« — Carpenter ; age 23 ; enlisted September 23, 1861; re- 
enlisted and served until discharged with company, September 26, 
1865.— i/. R. A. 



156 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Winslow P. Lemily. 

Gilhoa — Age 23 ; enlisted September 23, 1861 ; re-enlisted; dis- 
charged September 26, 1865.— 1/. R. M. 

Barney McGinnes. 

Gilhoa — Age 22 ; date of enlistment not found; served nntil 
the close of the war and mustered out with his company, September 
26, 1865.— i/. R. M. 

Roscoe Harris. 

Oilhoa — Age 21 ; enlisted September 28, 1861 ; mustered out 
October 5, l^'o^-.— Town Record. M. 

Alvah Peck. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; age 29 ; captured at Weldon railroad ; ex- 
changed March, 1865. — Town Record. M. 

Stephen Finch. 

Gilhoa — Laborer ; single ; age — ; died in Hospital at Washing- 
ton, June 18, 1865. — Town Record. 

George L. Andrus. 

Gilhoa — Enlisted October 26, 1861 ; discharged at before Peters- 
burg, October 29, X'i^^.— Town Record. M. 

Charles D. Duncan. 

Conesville — Shingle-maker ; married ; age 39 ; enlisted Decem- 
ber 17, 1861; served regularly until discharged at end of term, 
December 16, 1864: ; died at Gill)oa. Daughter, Jane. 

Benjamin Fanning. 

Gilhoa — Physician ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted September 28, 1861; 
discharged January 8, 1862; Conesville; physician; married. 
Children, Charles, Grace. 

George H. Wright. 

Gilhoa — Fireman ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted November 15, 1863; 
captured at Reams Station, August 25, 1864; confined at Belle Isle, 
and afterward sent to Salisbury, where he died ; referred to in James 
Bailey's diary as going to Rebel Hospital, October 31, 1864. 



War of the Kebellion. 157 

John Wright, Sergeant. 

Gilhoa — Fireman ; single; age 21 ; enlisted October 14, 1861 : 
captured at Reams Station, and confined at Belle Isle ; was exchanged 
and furloughed home ; Grand Gorge. N. Y. Son, Charles. 

James Clark. 

Gilhoa — Enlisted December 27, 1861 ; died at Fort DeKalb, 
July 26, 1862. — l^own Record. 

COMPANY D. 

Charles A. Hartwell. 

Gilhoa — Laborer; married; age 26; enlisted December 1, 1863; 
discharged for disability, near Stevensburg, Va., April 4, 1864 ; died 
of diabetes, leaving a widow and children, Douglass, Luanna, Han- 
nah, Anna, Albina. 

COMPANY E. 

Hiram Smith. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted January 12, 1864 ; 
killed while on picket at Deep Bottom. — Town Record. 

COMPANY G. 

Charles Cowley. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 30; enlisted 1864; killed at 
Reams Station, Ya., August 25, 1864. 

COMPANY I. 

Charles Gardiner. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; married ; age 38 ; enlisted February 3, 1864; 
injured by falling timber, July 2, 1864, while building defenses be- 
fore Petersburg; wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., by exploding 
shell, while on the skirmish line ; treated at City Point and Point 
Lookout Hospitals ; rejoined his regiment in October, and did 
full service until discharged by orders of war department, Septem- 
ber 26, 1865; Gilboa; butcher; married. Children, Anna E., 
Charles H. 



158 Schoharie County Veterans. 

company k. 

Milo Warner, Corporal. 

Gilhoa — H arness- maker ; single; age 20; enlisted January 18, 
1864 ; joined his regiment at Fort Ethan Allen ; wounded at Spotts}d- 
vania, May 19, by gunshot in right thigh ; treated at Annapolis, Md.; 
rejoined his regiment in the " Kavine before Petersburg;" taken 
prisoner at the South Side railroad, and remained in the hands of the 
enemy nine days ; discharged by orders of war department, Septem- 
tember 26, 1865 ; Gilboa ; farmer ; married. 

Peter E. Moore, Sergeant. 

Seward — Mechanic; single ; age — ; enlisted June 6, 1863 ; dis- 
charged September 26, 1865; Sclienectady ; mechanic; married. 
Children, Harry, Rutherford. 

COMPANY NOT GIVEN. 

John Best. 

Fulton — Harness-maker ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted January 18, 
1863 ; captured at Reams Station ; confined at Belle Isle ; sent to 
Rebel Hospital, September 25 ; paroled October 6 ; f urloughed home, 
and died two weeks after. 

Fifth New York Heavy Artillery. 

Organized in September, 1861, for two years' service, and belonged 
to Thorburn's Division of the Eighth Corps. 

COMPANY B. 

Stephen A. Gordon. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted August 21, 1862; 
did garrison duty at Baltimore until 1864, then joined the army 
under Hunter in the Shenandoah Valley ; participated in the battle 
of Piedmont, June 5, 1864, and the march to Lynchburg, skirmishing 
day and night ; went back down the valley faster than he came up, 
with the Rebels at his heels ; was wounded and sick but did not go 
to the hospital ; contracted piles and varicose veins during the 
service ; discharged at Hai-per's Ferry, June 22, 1865 ; Broome Cen- 
tre ; farmer; married. Daughter, Kina May Gordon. 



War of the Rebblliok. 159 

company e. 

George Hickox. 

SamTTiit — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted April 6, 1864; dis- 
charged July 10, 1865. — Toion Record. M. 

Sixth New York Heavy Artillery. 

This regiment was reorganized as heav}' artillery from the One 
Hundred and Thirty-fifth New York Infantry, which had organized 
in September, 1862 ; on taking the field as infantry once more it was 
assigned to Ayers' Division of the Fifth Corps. 

company h. 

Joseph Hemstreet. 

Esjperanoe — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted January 2, 1864; 
discharged August 24, 1865 ; Gloversville, N. Y. ; mason and 
builder ; married. Children, Orrey R., Homer G. 

William H. Russel. 

Oarlisle — Mason ; married ; age 44; enlisted January 2, 1864 ; 
transferred to Company F, Thirteenth Heavy Artillery ; discharged 
for disability by surgeon's certificate, August 24, 1865 ; died June 
16, 1890, leaving a widow and children, Jeremiah, John, Chester, 
Maggie. 

Christopher Mattice. 

Blenheim — Age 44 ; married ; enlisted September 14, 1864 ; 
discharged June 28, 1865.— J/. R. M. 

Cyrenus Clayton. 

Schoharie — Age 20 ; enlisted September 10, 1864 ; took part in 
the battle of Cedar Creek ; discharged July 19, 1865.— Jl/. R. M. 

company I. 

William Spooner. 
Summit — Farmer; single; age 21 ; enlisted February 9, 1863 ; 
joined his regiment at Alexandria ; did regular service until 
wounded, by gunshot, in the head, over right eye, at the Wilderness 
fight, May 6, 1864 ; captured and taken to Lynchburg, Va., and to 
Richmond, remaining four months and eight days, then paroled 
and sent to Annapolis, was exchanged and sent to his regiment 



160 Schoharie County Veterans. 

just previous to an engagement before Petersburg, where he was 
slightly wounded by gunshot in right cheek ; did regular service 
until discharged, June 25, 1865 ; Charlotteville, N. Y.; laborer ; mar- 
ried. Children, Hiram, Tillie. Bertha, Maggie, Omer, Jessie. 

Seventh New York Heavy Artillery. 

This regiment was raised and oro-anized as the One Hundred and 
Thirteenth New York Infantry, with head-quarters at Albany, N. Y. ; 
it moved to Washington, August 19, 18G2, and was assigned to duty in 
the forts at that place ; in December of the same year the organization 
was changed to heavy artillery, and Company L was recruited and 
assigned in August, 1863, and Company M, in January, 1864 ; at 
the beginning of Grant's campaign, in May, 1864, it was ordered to 
the front to serve as infantry, and joined the army at Spottsylvania, 
May 17, and was assigned to Tylers Division, and afterward to Bar- 
low's Division, of the Second Corps, in which it served until Febru- 
ary 22, 1865, when it was ordered to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, 
where it remained until after the close of the war. — Fox. Engage- 
ments : Spottsylvania, Milford Station, North Anna, Totopotomoy, 
Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Jerusalem E,oad, Strawberry Plains, Deep 
Bottom, Reams Station. — Fox. 

COMPANY A. 

Jacob Teater. 

Middlehurg — Farmer ; single ; age — ; enlisted December 29, 
1863 ; taken prisoner at the assault on Petersburg, June 16 ; died at 
Millen, Ga., November 20, 1864.— J/. E. 

Johnathan Russel, Corporal. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age — ; enlisted ; captured 

with James Porter soon after the " battle of Cold Harbor ; " paroled 
but died on his way from the prison to the train, bidding his com- 
rades " good bye." Prison record— J. Ilussel, Cor])oral, Seventh 
Heavy Artillery, Company A ; died September 15, 1864, of chronic 
diarrhea ; No. of Grave, 8856, Andersonville. 

Melvin Roe. 

Fulton — Farmer ; married ; age 23 ; enlisted February 10, 1864 ; 
captured at the Wilderness while on guard duty ; died in prison, No- 
vember 12, 1864, at Salisbury ; Grave No. 2110. 



War of the Rebellion. 161 

Dennis Bevens. 

Gilhoa — Shingle and basket-maker; married; age — ; enlisted 
January 11, 1864 ; contracted kidney trouble and loss of sight ; dis- 
charged for disability, May 7, 1865 ; died January 13, 1888, leav- 
ing widow. Children, Nicholas, Mary, George L., Ira, Retta, Willis, 
Gilbert, Lovica. 

Thomas Marshall. 

Sharon — Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted January 27, 1864 ; 
joined his regiment at Washington ; contracted typhoid fever before 
Petersburg; treated at Alexandria ; rejoined his regiment at before 
Petersburg, and did full service until discharged by general orders, 
August 1, 1865; Sharon Springs, N. Y. ; laborer; married. 
Children, Minnie, Ella, Emma, Daisy, Frank, Satie, Hattie. 

Donald Budge, 

age 27 ; enlisted January 2, 1864 ; wounded at Cold Harbor ; dis- 
charged August 1, 1865.-— M. R. 31. 

Peter Lee. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; married; age 37; enlisted January 5,1864; 
missing after the battle of Cold Harbor. — M. R. Never returned. 

COMPANY B. 

Peter Pickett. 

Seward — Laborer ; single ; age — ; enlisted ; wounded before 
Petersburg, by gunshot entering left breast and coming out near the 
spine ; rejoined his regiment and remained until discharged ; Wes- 
terlo, N. Y. ; laborer; married. Children, Hattie, Christopher, 
Henry, Charles, Nina, Warren. 

Norman C. Ottman. 

Richmondville — Farmer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted January 4, 

1864 ; wounded by gunshot in left foot ; died at David's Island 

Hospital, July 17, 1864 ; buried at Cypress Hill Cemetery, No. of 

Grave, 1386. 

Sylvester Lape. 

Summit — Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted March 5, 1863 ; 
joined his regiment at Washington ; served regularly with his regi- 
ment at Washington and in Grant's campaign until he contracted 
diarrhea and bilious fever after the expedition to Deep Bottom ; 
sent to City Point and to Washington for treatment ; rejoined his 
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162 ScHOHAKiE County Veterans. 

regiment before Petersbui-g aud i-eniained until discharged, August 

1, 18G5 ; East Worcester, N. Y. ; farmer ; mari-ied. Cliildreii, 
Amos, Sarah, Willis, Mar}^, Richard, Jacob, Asa, Lillie. 

Erskine Clow. 

Wright — Single ; age 16 ; enlisted at Poughkeepsie, February 

2, 1864 ; after an unsuccessful charge by the Union forces at Cold 
Harbor, he was seen to be severely wounded in the face and endeav- 
oring to reach the Union lines ; nothing is known of him afterward ; 
" we don't want to think he died in prison ;" killed at Cold Harbor, 
June 3, 1864.— Ji. H. 

COMPANY 0. 

Abram Spateholts. 

Broome — Farmer ; married ; age 23 ; enlisted January 4, 1864 ; 
contracted diarrhea and chills at Bowling Green, Va., May 20, 1864; 
treated at Lincoln Hospital, Washington, at Baltimore and Alex- 
andria ; rejoined his regiment in January, 1865, and served until 
discharged, August 1, 1865 ; died March 17, 1S80, leaving a widow. 

Seymour Hulburt. 

BrooTYie — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted December 31, 1863; 
wounded in the back by piece of shell, before Petersburg, July 6, 
1864; treated at City Point, Ya., and Albany, N. Y.; rejoined his 
regiment at Baltimore, Md.; discharged August 1, 1865 ; No. 5 
Gilford St., Binghamton, N. Y. ; cigar-maker ; married. Children, 
Orlena, Mary, Charles. 

Edgar Hulburt. 

Broome — Farmer ; single ; age 28 ; enlisted December 31, 1863; 
contracted typhoid fever " before Petersburg ;" died at New York 
city, July, 1864 ; buried in Cypress Hill Cemetery. 

Charles L. Mickle. 

Oarlide — Farmer ; age 18 ; enlisted July 31, 1862 ; discharged 
July 16, 1865.— i/. R. 

COMPANY D. 

James O'Brine. 

Schoharie — Farmer; married; age 36 ; enlisted December 16, 
1863 ; did full service until wounded by gnnshot in left knee at 
Cold Harbor, June 2, 1864; treated at Campbell Hospital, Washing- 
ton, D. C; transferred to First Battalion, Second Brigade, Veteran 



War of the Rebellion. Iti3 

Reserve Corps; discharged in the fall of 1865; Sloansville, N. Y. ; 
laboi'er; married. Children, Jacob, Daniel, James, George, Josepli, 
Addie, Ella, Anuie, Larry. 

Jacob O'Brine. 
Schoharie — Stonecutter ; mason ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted De- 
cember 16, 1863 ; joined the regiment at Fort Kearney ; did full 
service until wounded by gunshot through left thigh at Cold Har- 
bor, June 1, 1864 ; treated at Douglass Hospital, Washington, and 
discharged June 10, 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y. ; mason ; married. One 
child, Anna; four of his children died of diphtheria, within six days. 

COMPANY E. 

Jared Walker. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 1, 1862; 
wounded at Cold Harbor, Juue 3, 1861: ; died at Harwood Hospital, 
Jul}' 11, 1861. 

Wesley Fries. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; married ; age 25 ; enlisted August 11, 1862 ; 
died at Fort Pennsylvania, Washington, October 10, 1862, leaving a 
widow and one child. 

James M. Tibbits. 

Gilhoa — -Mechanic; single; age 21 ; enlisted July 28, 1862; 
served on detached' duty at brigade head-quarters until the close 
of the war ; contracted diarrhea, November 1, 1864 ; discharged with 
the regiment, June 16, 1865 ; West Fulton, N. Y.; physician; mar- 
ried. Children, Edith N, Manning G., Bessie M., Ward M., 
Ernest A. 

Harvey H. Wilbur. 

Rich'inond'ville — Mechanic; single; age 19; enlisted August 
19, 1862 ; served in full line of duty until wounded, at Cold Har- 
bor, June 3, 1864, by gunshot entering right cheek and coming out 
at the right of the nose ; treated at Lincoln Hospital, Washington, and 
at David's Island, New York, when he received a sick furlough and 
came home and remained until discharged by special orders from 
war department; Richmondville, N. Y.; mechanic; widower. 
Dauo-hter, Alida. Of live brothers who entered the service and sur- 
vived the war, he was the only one wounded. 

Joseph Barlow. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; age 25 ; enlisted August 19, 1862 ; killed at 
Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. 



164 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Resolved P. Bates. 

Conesville — Blacksmith ; married ; asie 41 ; enlisted December 
29, 1863 ; wounded by gunshot through left hand while on picket 
at Cold Harbor, June ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps ; 
died of softening of the brain, February, 1890. Children, Dewitt 
C., Mariette, Ferdinand, Winfield, Hattie, Grant. 

Timothy P. Cook. 

Gilboa — Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted July 28, 1862 ; did 
full service until killed by shell at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. 

John Bevens. 

Middleburg — Farmer ; married ; age 53 ; enlisted December, 
1864 ; discharged ; died in 1876, leaving a widow and children, Wil- 
liam H., Almira, Anthony, Abbie, Anna C, Sarah. 

Abram Walker. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age — ; enlisted January 1, 1864; 
wounded at Cold Harbor by gunshot in the left hip ; treated at Bap- 
tist Church Hospital; discharged February 5, 1865; died January 
1, 1870. 

Ebbin Wilber. 

Broome — Married ; farmer ; age 39 ; enlisted January 7, 1864; 
killed at Totopotomoy Creek, Va., May 30, 1864 ; left a widow and 
children, Abraham, Biantha, Clarissa, De Etta, Mar}', Francis. 

Joseph D.Wood, Corporal. 

Gilboa — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted August 11, 1862; 
sustained injury of the foot at Fort Reno ; sent to Mount Pleasant 
Hospital, May 13, 1864, and to Camp Distribution in September fol- 
lowing ; rejoined his regiment at Hancock Station, " before Peters- 
burg," and did full service until discharged with his regiment, June 
16, 1865 ; Middleville, Barry county, Mich.; farmer ; married. 
Children, William, Alvah, Daniel, Orley. 

John Waters, Corporal. ^^t* ^^ 

Gilboa — Farmer; mai-ried ; age — ; enlisted August 11, 1862; 
contracted enudl-pox at Battery Smead, defenses of Washington ; 
sent to small-pox hospital, where he died, leaving a widow and 
three children ; one, Vicella. 



War of the Rebellion. 165 

George Culver, Sergeant. 

Schoharie — Married; age 23; enlisted August 12, 1862; dis- 
charged June 16, 1865. — Toiun Record. M. 

David E. Swart, Corporal. 

Schoharie — Single; age 18; enlisted August 4, 1862 ; captured at 
Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864 ; confined at Belle Isle, where he died 
July 6, 1863. , 

Thomas Decker. 

Broome — Farmer ; married ; age 22 ; enlisted December 22, 1863; 
lost right forefinger in the action at Totopotomoj Creek, May 31, 
1863; discharged August 1, 1865; Grapeville, Greene county, JST.Y. 

George S. Lawyer, Great-grandson of 1776. 

Schoharie — Single; age 18; enlisted August 4, 1862 ; was woun- 
ded in assault on Petersburg, June 16, 1864, and died June 17, while 
being borne from the field; buried in Cemetery at Schoharie, Novem- 
ber 2, 1864. 

Richtmyer Walker, Corporal. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted August 11, 1862; 
killed at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. — M. R. 

Sylvester J. Smith, Corporal, 

Gilhoa — Bhicksmith ; enlisted July 28, 1862; wounded in the 
assault on Petersburg, June 16, 1864. — M. R. M. 

Erastus Culver. 

Schoharie — Enlisted January 25, 1864; wounded at Cold Har- 
bor. 

Sylvester Shafer. 

Cohleshill — Farmer; married; age 40; enlisted December 29, 
1863; killed at Cold Harbor while on picket, by gunshot through 
the neck. (Children, Alonzo, Abram, Celia, James, Mary, Emma. 

COMPANY F. 

Nicholas Hallenbeck, Sergeant. 

Broome — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted July 25, 1862 ; woun- 
ded by gunshot in left forefinger. May 12, 1864; promoted to ser- 



166 Schoharie County Veterans. 

geant, September, 1864 ; diseliarged at Albany, June 16, 1865; Bates, 
Schoharie county, N. Y.; merchant; married. Son, Frank. 

Martin W. Hallenbeck. 

-Broome — Farmer ; single; age 22 ; killed instantly at Cold Flar- 
bor, June 3, 1864 ; buried on the field. 

Lucius Hagadorn. 

Broome — Farmer; married; age 23; enlisted July 28, 1862; 
served as wagoner during his entire term ; discharged June 16, 1865 ; 
Rondout, N. Y.; stableman; married. Grandchild, Ray H. Couch- 
man. 

John Haskins, Grandson of i8i2. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
contracted typhoid fever in October following ; treated in regimental 
hospital for three mouths; did full service until October 4, 1863, 
when he contracted same disease, and was under treatment for about 
the same time as before ; returned to duty until June 6, 1864, when 
he contracted same disease, and was sent for treatment to the Soldiers' 
Rest at Alexandria ; returned to duty October 20, 1864, and did ser- 
vice until December 1 following, and was then sent to City Point 
Hospital, where he remained until February 22, 1865, when he re- 
joined his regiment, and remained until discharged, June 20, 1865 ; 
Broome Centre, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Irving, Al- 
varette, Phoebe, Almeron, Agnes. 

Origin Goodfellow. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 1, 1863; 
wounded by gunshot in the heel at Cold Harbor, Va. ; treated for 
six months at Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia ; rejoined his regi- 
ment and did full service until discharged with his regiment at Al- 
bany, JST. Y., June 16, 1865 ; Bates, Schoharie county, N. Y. ; 
farmer; married. Son, Walter. 

Martin Goodfellow. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted August 1, 1862 ; 
wounded by gunshot at Cold Harbor, J une 3, 1864 ; treated at Chest- 
nut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia; rejoined his regiment in March, 
1865, and served until discharged at Albany, June 16, 1865 ; 
Broome Centre, N. Y. ; farmer ; single. 



War op the Rebellion". 167 

William Cain. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; 
wounded by gunshot in the leg, before Petersburg; treated at Ar- 
mory Square Hospital ; died from amputation. 

Martin Wilsey. 

Broome — Farmer ; married ; age 23 ; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; 
served one year in Held hospital department, and the balance of his 
term on regular duty with his regiment ; discharged at Albany, 
June 16, 1865 ; Sidne}', N, Y. ; machinist ; married. Children, 
Wilkinson, Dora. 

Munson Wilsey, Sergeant. 

Broome — Farmer ; married ; age 27 ; enlisted August 13, 1862 
contracted measles at Fort Reno, Washington ; remained in hospital 
department until July, 1864 ; transferred to hospital at Buffalo, N 
Y. ; rejoined his regiment in October, 1864 ; promoted to sergeant 
in March, 1865 ; discharged with his regiment, at Albany, June 16 
1865 ; died of consumption, July 27. 1888, leaving a widow and son 
Irving. 

George O. Prior. 

BrooTYie— Farmer; married; age 32; enlisted August 13, 1862 
was slightly wounded by gunshot in riglit hand at Totopotomoy 
Creek, May 31, 1864 ; remained with his regiment until discharged 
at Albany, June 16, 1865 ; Bales, Schoharie county, N. Y. 
farmer; married. Children, Adelbert, Ryford, Carrie. 

Seth E. Gordon. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; married ; age 28 ; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
transferred to regimental hospital as nurse; after one year was ap- 
pohited hospital steward and served in that capacity until discharged; 
died at Sac City, la., of heart disease, in 1888. Children, Eugene, 
Herbert, Jolm, Wesley, Mary J. 

John Smallen. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age 19 ; enlisted August 10, 1862; 
did regular service until discharged with his regiment, June 16, 
1865.— J/. 

John W. Richtmyer. 

Broome — Farmer; married; age 34; enlisted January 4, 1864; 
served in line of full duty until discharged, August 15, 1865 ; died 
June 5, 1889, leaving a widow and one child, Ida C. 



108 Schoharie County Veterans. 

William N. Bates. 
Broome — Farmer; single; age 16 ; enlisted December 1, 1863 ; 
taken prisoner, June 16, 186-1 ; died a prisoner, October 8, 1864. 

Reuben C. Dean. 

Conesville — Farmer; married; age 32; enlisted January 3, 
1864 ; did full service until discharged, August 1, 1865 ; Conesville, 
N". Y. ; farmer ; married. Five children. 

Henry Hallenbeck. 

Broome — Age — ; enlisted ; killed. 

Nelson Hallenbeck. 

Broome — Farmer ; married ; age — ; enlisted ; wounded ; 

died of gangrene, leaving a widow and children, Nelson, Lois. 

Benjamin Porter. 
Broome — Single ; age 21 ; enlisted January, 1863 ; died of 
chronic diarrhea at Washington, September 14, 1863. 

William Porter. 

Broome — Farmer; married ; age 43 ; enlisted January 25, 1863; 
killed at Cold Harbor by gunshot through the heart, from a Rebel 
sharpshooter. Sons, James and Benjamin, in the service. 

Charles S. Smith, Corporal. 

Broome — Farmer ; single ; ago 19 ; enlisted August, 1862 ; did 
full and regular duty until discharged by orders of war department, 
June 20, 1865.— J/. 

Isaac Minor. 

Broome — Miller; single; age — ; enlisted Januar}^ 30, 1863; 
contracted typhoid fever and died at Fort Pennsylvania, November 
10, 1862. 

Cornelius Snyder. 

Broome — Married ; laborer; age 42 ; enlisted January 12, 1864; 
captured at Cold Harbor ; died in prison. — M. R. Son, Charles H. 
Snyder. 

Jeremiah Reed. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age 28; enlisted August 1, 1862; 
wounded by gunshot in left leg at Totopotomoy Creek, May 31, 
1864 ; seut to David's Island; died August 15, 1864. 



War or the Kebellion. 169 

Henry Freyer. 

Broome — Married ; age 29 ; killed at Totopotomoy Creek, Va. 
— Town Record. 

James Porter. 

Broome — Farmer ; mflrried ; age 24: ; enlisted November 24, 
1863 ; captured near Cold Harbor; confined in i!^ndersonville for 
" six months ;" paroled ; discharged August 1, 1805 ; Potters Hol- 
low, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Cassius, Harry, Robert. 

COMPANY I. 

George Mattice. 

Richmondmlle — Laborer ; married ; age 22 ; enlisted February 5, 
1864; joined his regiment at Fort De Russy ; served in regular line 
of duty until June 16, 1864, at before Petersburg, when he received 
shell wound in right ankle, and gunshot wound which severed two 
fingers of the right hand ; removed to Portsmouth Grove Hospital, 
R. I., and after three months' treatment was transferred to Company 
C, Eleventh Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged October 22, 1865 ; 
Cobleskill, N. Y. ; laborer ; married. Children, Henry, Anna, 
Catharine, Elizabeth, Mary. 

Hiram Campbell. 

Cobleskill — Farmer ; married ; age 47 ; enlisted 1864 ; joined 
his company at Fort De Russy ; served regularly until wounded by 
gunshot in right leg at Cold Harbor ; removed to Division PIos- 
pital, underwent amputation, and died soon after. Children, Eliza, 
Alvira, James, Harvey, Amanda, Ruby, Harry, Mary, William, 
Elmer. 

William Schermerhorn. 

Conesville — Farmer; age — ; enlisted January 26, 1864; served 
in line of regular duty until discharged ; Gilboa, N. Y. ; laborer ; 
married. Seven children. 

Oliver Andrus. 

Conesville — Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted January 26, 1864 ; 
wounded at the Wilderness, by gunshot in right knee ; wounded 
again at Cold Harbor, by gunshot in right arm, and with loss of right 
thumb; treated at Carver Hospital, Washington, and Satterlee 
Hospital, Philadelphia; discharged May 9, 1865; West Conesville, 
J^. Y. ; laborer ; widower. Daughter, Mary. 
22 



170 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Arthur Buckbee. 

Conesville — Laborer ; single ; age — ; enlisted January 19, 1864 ; 
wounded at North Anna, May 23 ; transferred to One Hundred 
and Eigbty-sev^entli Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, September 23, 
1864. 

Livingston Layman. 

Conesville — Farmer ; single ; age — ; enlisted February 8, 1864 ; 
died at Fort De Hussy of dysentery, April 22, 1864. 

Francis Layman. 

Conesville — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted January 25, 1864 ; 
killed by gunshot near Cold Harbor, June 5, 1864. 

Harmon Silvernail. 

Middlehurg — Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted February 26, 
1864; taken prisoner at Reams Station, August 25; died in prison, 
September, 1864. 

Jacob M. Williman. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; married; age 33; enlisted February 4, 
1864; wounded before Petersburg, June 16, 1864; discharged 
May 6, 1865.— i/. ^. M. 

Isaac Van Wormer. 

Carlisle — Farmer; married; age 44; enlisted January 6, 1864; 
wounded in left fore-arm and breast at Cold Harbor, June 5, 1865 ; 
treated at Finlay Hospital, and discharged May 27, 1865 ; Grosvenor's 
Corners, N. Y.; farmer ; married. Children, son John H., died in the 
service, Elsie M., Charles G., Rachel A., Emily C, Benjamin S., 
Andrew F., Hannah E., Harriet A., Isaac G., Isabel, Ezra S., Ro- 
sella, Sarah E. 

George M. Stryker. 

Conesville — Farmer ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted January 19, 1864 ; 
killed near Cold Harbor, June 4, 1864. 

George M. Yeomans. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted October 13, 1863; 
wounded at Cold Harbor; missing in action, July 1, 1864. — 31. 12., 



Wak of the Rebellion. 171 

company k. 

Abram E. Morrison. 

Broome — Married ; age 35 ; enlisted January 28, 1864; wounded 
and captured before Petersburg ; paroled, and afterward died at 
Annapolis, August 15, 1864. 

Jacob Spateholts. 

Broome — Farmer; married; enlisted December 17, 1863; woun- 
ded June 17, 1864; treated at hospital at Portsmouth, R. I. — Tovm 
Record. M. 

Andrew J. Damon. 

[F/•^■^A^5 — Married ; age 33; enlisted Angust 2, 1862; taken pris- 
oner and died at Andersonville, of scorbutus, October 11, 1864. No. 
of Grave, 10,741. 

Daniel I. Carey. 

Wright — Married ; enlisted 1S64 ; captured at Reams Station ; 
died at Salisbury, February 15, 1865. 

COMPANY L. 

Frazier Spaulding, Corporal. 

Schoharie — Blacksmith ; married; age 25; enlisted January 21, 
1864; captured and wounded before Petersburg, June 16, 1864;"con- 
fined at Andersonville, where he died of scorbutus, November 5, 
1864. 

COMPANY M. 

Robert Taylor. 

Broome — Farmer ; single ; age 24 ; enlisted December, 1863 ; 
killed at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. 

William P. Hagadorn. 

Broome — Farmer; siugle; age 22; enlisted January 4, 1864; 
killed at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. 

"William Cook. 

Schoharie — Farmer; married; age IS; enlisted December 31, 
1863; wounded at Cold Harbor; discharged Angust 1, 1865. — 
Town Record. M. 



172 SCHOHAUIB COUKTY VETERANS. 

Charles A. Loucks. 

Schoharie — A^^e 18; enlisted December 31, 18G3 ; wounded at 
Cold Harbor; rejoined his regiment, September 10, ISCA, at Peters- 
burg ; discharged August 1, 1865. — M. Town Record. 

Charles E. Wood, Corporal. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 10; enlisted December 31, 1863, 
at Troy, N. Y. ; joined his regiment at Fort Reno, where he was put 
through his paces and faces until the beginning of Grant's cam- 
paign; participated in all the movements of his regiment until sun- 
rise of June 3, 1864, when he was wounded by gunshot through the 
left thigh, midway between the knee and hip, at Cold Harbor, Va. ; 
treated at Grosvenor Hospital, Alexandria, and rejoined his regiment 
before Petersburg in Novembei- ; did full service until discharged, 
August 1, 1865 ; Binghamtoii, N. Y. ; clerk ; married. Daughter, 

Flora V. 

Chester Alger. 

Middleburg — Farmer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted ; joined 

the regiment at Fort Reno; taken prisoner at Cold Harbor, June 3, 
1863 ; paroled in November following, and died at Parole Camp, An- 
napolis, December 1, 1864 ; his body was sent home and bnried in 

Schoharie county. 

Benjamin Franklin. 

Middleburg — Farmer ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted January 30, 
1864; served in line of regular duty until wounded by gunshot in 
left shoulder at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1861, and taken prisoner [See 
Prison Report)-, paroled at Goldsborough, N. C, and arrived at An- 
napolis, March 8, 1865 ; furloughed home, March 15 ; rejoined liis 
regiment at Forts Federal Hill and McHenry, Baltimore, May 12, 
1865; discharged with his regiment, June 16, 1865, and mustered 
out at Albany, July 1, 1865; Franklinton, N. Y.; bee-keeper; mar- 
ried. Children, Ella V., Newton B., Kate L., Lillie D., Mary J. 

Levi Houghtaling. 

Broome — Farmer; man-icd ; age S."); enlisted January 1, 1861; 
missing after the battle of Reams Station ; nothing is known of him 
since ; he left a widow and son, Jacob L. 

Timothy S. More. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted January 2, 1864; 
contracted typhoid fever at Fort Reno, and died February 25, 1864. 
— M.R. 



War of the Rebellion. 173 

Harvey J. Brines. 

Gilboa — Farmer ; married ; age 23 ; enlisted January 4, 1864; 
joined the regiment at Fort Reno ; contracted typhoid fever ; treated 
at City Point and Harwood Hospital, Wasliington ; f nrlonglied liome 
for thirty days, and rejoined his regiment before Petersburg ; served 
in full duty until discharged, August 1, 1865 ; Broome Centre, N. 
Y.; laborer; widower. 

William Van Wagoner. 

Summit — Laborer; married; age — ; enlisted January 13, 1864; 
lost right thumb by accidental gunshot while cleaning gun "■ before 
Petersburg ; " furloughed home ; returned to Washington, and died 
October 10, 1864 ; buried in Arlington Cemetery. 

Oscar Akley. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted January 2, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Fort Reno ; wounded at Cold Harbor, June 
3, 1864, by gunshot in the right thigh, and taken prisoner ; con- 
fined at Richmond, Va., for seventy days, then paroled and sent to 
St. John's Hospital, at Annapolis, Md.; transferred to different hos- 
pitals until discharged from Summit House General Hospital, Phila- 
delphia, May 31, 1S65, by reason of gunshot wound ; Broome Centre, 
N. Y.; farmer; married. Daughter, Maud. 

Stephen L. King. 

Cobleskill — Laborer ; single : age lY ; enlisted January 4, 1864; 
did regular duty until wounded by gunshot in right leg above the 
ankle, at " before Petersburg,' ' June 22, 1864 ; sent to City Point 
for treatment and afterward to Sickles' Barracks Hospital, Alex- 
andria, Ya.; discharged JMay 2, 1865 ; East Cobleskill, N.Y. ; laborer ; 
married. Children, Alva, Ella M., Clarence, Jennie, Harrison M. 

William D. Adams. 

Conesville — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted January 5, 
1864; captured at Reams Station, August 25; confined at Salis- 
bury, where he died, February 1, 1865. 

COMPANY NOT FOUND. 

Calvin Southwick. 

Gilhoa — Minister ; married ; age 49 ; enlisted January 4, 1864; 
killed at Cold Harbor. Children^ Arnold, Nancy, Francis, Maria, 
Martha, Calvin, Leguined. 



174 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Charles Yeomans. 

Gilboa — Farmer; single; age 19 ; enlisted January 26, 1864 ; 
wounded in the arm at Totoputomoy Creek. — Town Record. 

Eighth New York Heavy Artillery, 
Organized at Lockport, N. Y., in August, 1862, as the One Hun- 
dred and Twenty-ninth Infantry, and recruited from Niagara, Or- 
leans and Genesee counties. It was changed to heavy artillery 
in December, 1862, and received its two additional companies in 
Januaiy of 1864. In May following, with other regiments of that 
branch of service, it was equipped as infantry and sent to the front 
with Grant, where it went into action for the first time, at Spottsyl- 
vania. May 19, 1864. At Cold Harbor it suffered the severe loss of 
five hundred and five, killed, wounded and missing. During its ser- 
vice in the field it was attached to Gibbons' Second Division of the 
Second Corps. Engagements: Petersburg, Weldon railroad, Siege 
of Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Reams Station, Boydtowm Road, 
Hatcher's Run, Dabney's Mill, White Oak Road, and was present 
at Appomattox. — Fox. 

Ninth New York Heavy Artillery. 
Organized as the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth New York In- 
fantry, and raised from Cayuga and Wayne counties. It left its 
rendezvous at Auburn, for Washington, September 12, 1862, and 
was stationed in the forts at that place. The organization was 
changed to heavy artillery in November, 1862, and received the 
additional comjianies L and M — Company M having been origi- 
nally recruited 'as the Twenty-second Light Battery. During its 
stay near Washington, it l)nilt Forts Simmons, Mansfield, Bayard, 
Gaines and Foot. It left Alexandria, Va., to join Grant's Army, 
May 18, 1864, and was assigned to tlie Third Division of the Sixth 
Corps. At the battles of Cold Harbor, Monocacy and Opequan, but 
eight companies of the regiment were engaged. It subsequently 
took part in the engagements of Cedar Creek, Siege of Petersburg, 
Petersburg and Sailors' Creek. — Fox. 

company k. 

John Kevand, Sergeant. 
Sharon — Clerk; single; age 23 ; enlisted January 4, 1864; did 
full service in line of duty until discharged, October 18, 1865 ; 
Weedsport, N. Y.; merchant ; married. Children, Julia A., Janet L, 



War of the Kebellion. 175 

Philip Hilton. 

Sharon — Farmer; married; age 31; enlisted January 4, 18(54; 
joined his regiment at Fort Grebel ; wounded by shell on the crown 
of the head, at Winchester ; treated at McClellan Hospital, Phila- 
delphia ; rejoined his regiment before Petersburg, and served reg- 
ularly until discharged, September 29, 1865 ; Sharon Centre, N. Y.; 
farmer ; married. Daughter, Maggie. 

Tenth New York Heavy Artillery. 

Organized September, 1862. In 1864 it was assigned to Martin- 
dale's Division of the Eighteenth Corps. 

COMPANY NOT GIVEN. 

David Zimmer. 

Wright — Married; age 19 ; enlisted March 27, 1865 ; discharged 
July 13, 1865.— Town Record, A. 

Thirteenth New York Heavy Artillery. 

Organized August, 1863, and became a part of the Eighteenth 
Army Corps. 

COMPANY E. 

David H. Nethaway. 

Middlehurg — ^ Farmer; age 26; enlisted January 5, 1864; sta- 
tioned at Portsmouth, Va.; contracted typhoid fever at Gosport 
Navy Yard, and chills at Norfolk and Petersburg railroad; served 
on detached duty at Gosport; rejoined the reginient at Fort Ringold; 
sent back as not convalescent ; rejoined the regiment again at Ports- 
mouth ; served regularly afterward until discharged by general 
orders. 

William Doty. 

MiddXeburg — Farmer ; married ; age 34 ; enlisted September 
15, 1864; discharged June 18, 1865; Middleburg, N. Y.; laborer; 
widower. Children, Marcus, Asa, Frank, Mary. 

John D. King. 

Schoharie — Single; age — ; enlisted ; discharged July 18, 

1865.— J/. ^. M. 



176 ScHOKAKiE County Veterans. 



COMPANY F. 



Philip H. Becker. 

Wri<jht — Married ; age 53 ; enlisted ,Ianiiarj 1, 1864 ; discharged 
June 18, 1865; died siuce, leaving a widow and children, Emory, 
Mary. 

COMPANY M. 

Henry J. Sprong. 

Carlisle — Laborer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September 14, 1864 ; 
contracted rheumatism; detailed to service on gunboat " Burnside," 
discharged by special orders, June 25, 1865 ; Sharon Hill, N. Y. ; 
laborer ; single. 

Fifteenth New Yoke Heavy Aktilleky, 
company m. 

Frederick Becht. 

Summit — Shoemaker; married; age 48; enlisted January 27, 
1864; wounded in the hip "before Petersburg;" discharged June 
13, 1865.— Town Record. Died February 20, 1869, leavhig a 
widow and daughter, Louise, 

Frederick Shorry. 

Summit — Mechanic; married; age 62; eidisted January 29, 
1864; discharged April 18, 1865; died Octolier 20, 1877. Daugh- 
ter, Mary Evans. Grandchildren, Charles and Josephine Evans. 

Sixteenth New York Heavy Artillery. 
Organized in September, 1863, and in 1864 served in Terry's 
Division of the Tenth Corps. 

COMPANY A. 

Samuel Warner. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted December 23, 1863; 
joined his battery at Gloucester Point, Va.; detailed as regimental 
teamster in March, 1865, and afterward transferred to division 
head-quarters ; rejoined his company after the surrender of Lee, and 
was discharged, August 31, 1865 ; Cobleskill, N. Y. ; laborer ; mar- 
ried. Children, Frank, Rose, Viola, Estella, Royal. 



War of the REBELLioif. 177 

COMPANY B. 

John D. Rodgers. 

Broome — Farmer ; 8iii2;le ; age 20 ; enlisted June 5, 1863 ; served 
on detail with Signal Corps for six months ; rejoined his company, 
and afterward detailed to ordnance department ; served in that branch 
for one year ; while in service, contracted rupture and was wounded 
by gunshot in the knee, and saber cut in shoulder and side ; was 
captured, and retaken by Kilpatrick's Cavalry ; served with his regi- 
ment at the Wilderness and its subsequent engagements ; discharged 
August 28, 1865; Middlebnrg, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, 
Nancy M., William I., Maggie E., Orange D. 

COMPANY F. 

Peter Pausley. 

Broome — Farmer ; single ; age — ; enlisted September 28, 1863 ; 
died at Fort Williams, September 4, 1864. 

COMPANY I. 

George R. Mattice. 

Middlehurg — Enlisted December 28, 1863; joined his regiment 
at Gloucester Point, and served until discharged, August 26, 1865 ; 
killed by accident at Penn Yan, IST. Y. 

Abram Vrooman. 

Middlehurg — Carpenter; married; age 34; enlisted December 
28, 1863; sent to Elmira and from there to his regiment at Glou- 
cester Point; did full service in line of duty until discharged, Au- 
gust 26, 1865 ; Middlehurg, N. Y.; carpenter; widower. Children, 
Emma, Frank, Ford. He is a great-grandson of Corporal Parent 
Yroman of the Revolution. 

Samuel Steinhover. 

Fulton — ^ Laborer; single; age IT ; enlisted January 8, 1864; 
contracted rheumatism and treated at Williamsburg ; rejoined his 
regiment and did regular service until discharged, August 26, 1865 ; 
Patria, N. Y.; farmer ; married. Children, Rose, Anna, Ernest, 
Roy, Blanche. 

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178 Schoharie County Veterans. 

George McBaine. 

Middlebitrg — Engineer; single; age — ; joined his reo-iment at 
Gloncester Point; detailed as cartman in ordnance department; re- 
joined his regiment after the evacuation of Richmond ; discharged 
August 26, 1865; Middleburg, N. Y.; painter; married. Children, 
George D., Charles H., Dow B., Jennie E., Minnie M., Maggie H., 
Martha. 

Walter Mattice. 

Fulton — Laborer; single ; age 17; enlisted December 28, 1863; 
transferred to Fourth New York Provincial Cavalry, January 4, 1864; 
sustained injury of left arm during a charge at Deep Bottom, Va.; 
did full service until discharged with his regiment, November 29, 
1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Adelbert, 
Bertha, Harman. 

Jacob Parlaman. 

Middleburg — Laborer; single; age 25; enlisted October 23, 
1863; detailed at head-quarters' guard; discharged August 21, 
1865 ; died 1890. Children, Etta, Ella, Rena, Augusta, Charles, 
Jennie. 

COMPANY K. 

Calvin Davis. 

Fulton — Shoemaker ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted at Troy, N. Y., 
January 2, 1864; joined his company at Fort Yorktown ; slightly 
wounded by shell, below the chest, "'before Richmond;" did full 
service until discharged by general orders; Franklinton, N. Y^. ; 
farmer; married. Children, Margaret, Nellie. 

Peter G. Brazee. 

Middleburg — Farmer; married; age 30 ; enlisted January 30, 
1864 ; wounded by gunshot in left hand at Laurel Hill, Va., October 
7, 1864 ; treated at Point of Rocks for three months ; rejoined his 
regiment at Fort Fisher, and remained on regular duty until dis- 
charged, August 21, 1865; Middleburg, N. Y.; laborer; mar- 
ried. Children, Rebecca, Daniel P., Joanna. 

COMPANY M. 

John Clapper. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 16 ; enlisted February 9, 1864; 
wounded by bayonet, in charge at (^hapin's Farm ; rejoined his regi- 



War of the Rebellion. 179 

ment at Meckleiiberg, N. C; mustered out, Alexandria, Ya., Au- 
gust 21, 1865, and discharged at Hart's Island. — M. R. Charlotte- 
ville, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Hannali L., William, 
Earle. 

REGIMENT AND COMPANY NOT KNOWN. 

Philo Chatterton. 

Blenheim -- Wounded ; promoted to sergeant; died June 4, 1864. 
— Town Reco7'd. 

John Badgley. 

Blenheim — Enlisted February 1 1, 1863 ; discharged March 3, 
1865. — Town Record, Dead. 



CAVALRY. 



During the years 1861 and 1862, such regiments of cavalry as 
had taken the field were distributed in detachments, to a great ex- 
tent, and served as scouting parties, mounted pickets, and head- 
quarter guard, and stirring up trouble for the infantry, or " dough 
boys " to settle. During the last years of the Rebellion this arm of 
the service attained greater efficiency and importance, and was or- 
ganized by brigades and divisions, and operated in large bodies. It 
did very valuable service after it had been trained to do its fighting 
on foot, and its getting there on horaei)ack. When moving by brig- 
ades or divisions in concert with other troops, or on organized raids, 
it was often accompanied by one or more light batteries of artillery. 
Each cavalryman was armed with a saber, a revolver, and a short 
rifle called a carbine. He wore a short dark blue jacket, trimmed in 
yellow, light blue pants and high boots, and after continued service 
became as fearless in the presence of a henroost as in charging on 
Early's or Rosser's troopers. 

Record abbreviations : M. — Missing, can learn nothing of the 
soldier since discharged. M. R. — Record taken from the muster- 
rolls. A. Absent, record asked for and not furnished. 

First New York Mounted Rifles. 

Organized August, 1861; re-enlisted at expiration of term ; serv^ed 
in Kautz's Division of the Eighteenth Corps. 



180 ScnoHAHiE County Veterans. 

COiSlPANY A. 

James E, Coons. 

Schoharie — Laborer; single; ai>e 20; enlisted September 1, 
1864; discharged June 8, 1865. — Town Record. JSL. 

COMPANY G. 

Brewster Nickerson. 

Middlehurg '■ — Teamster ; married ; age 21 : enlisted December 
28 ; served on detail duty at head-quarters. — Town Record. M. 

Second New Yokk Veteran Cavalry. 

Organized Augnst, 1863, and assigned to Arnold's Division of the 
Nineteenth Corps. This regiment was mainly composed of men 
who had previously served in two years infantry regiments, and others 
who had been honorably discharged from the service. The regiment 
rendezvoused at Camp Stoneman, Washington, D. C, and was trans- 
ferred to New Orleans. It took part in the Ked River campaign, 
and in several raids through Mississippi and Alabama, in the winter 
of 186-1 and 1865. It was engaged in one of the last skirmishes of 
the war at Claiborne, Miss., April 20, 1865. After peace was de- 
clared it served on provost duty, with head-quarters at Talladega, 
Ala., and later at Selma, Ala. It started from the latter place, for 
home, October 8, 1865, by way of Derpapolis, Meridan, Jackson and 
Vicksburg, Miss., and Cairo, Indianapolis, Cleveland and Buffalo, 
arriving at Albany, where it was mustered out of service, November 
27, 1865. 

COMPANY B. 

Jacob Keyser, Corporal. 

Fulton — Farmer; single ; age 23; enlisted August 10, 1863 ; pro- 
moted to corporal. May 15,- 1865 ; did full service until discharged 
by ordej-Avar department, November 27, 1865; Quaker Street, N. Y.; 
farmer; married. Children, Lester, Dorothy, William, Ernest, 
Ford. 

Third New York Cavalry. 

Organized in early fall of 1801 ; later, and in the winter 
and spring of 1862, was stationed at Poolesvillc and Monocacy, 



War of the Kebellion. 181 

Md., on picket duty. It accompanied Banks to Winchester and 
Port Royal, and after his defeat returned to Washington. A part 
of the regiment was inchided in the Union forces engaged in 
the Balls Bluff disaster. From Washington it was sent to Hatteras, 
and to Newberne, N.C, and participated in the Dahlgren raid. The 
regiment returned to the Shenandoah Yalley in the fall of 1863, re- 
maining nntil the spring of 1864, when it was assigned to the Army 
of the James and served around and before Richmond and Peters- 
burg until the close of the war. During the years 1862, 1863 and 1864, 
several recruits joined the regiment, and after the war closed, those 
whose term of enlistment did not expire before l^ovember of 1865 
were consolidated with unexpired term men from other organiza- 
tions, and formed the regiment known as the Fourth New York Pro- 
vincial Cavah-y. The new organization moved from Suffolk to Ports- 
mouth, and August 3, 1865, reached Fredericksburg, Va.; to Rich- 
mond, August 7 ; to Fredericksburg, August 13, and to Charlotte- 
ville, Va., August 18, where a detachment from the First Mounted 
Rifles was added to the battalion. The regiment reached Lynch- 
burg, Ya., on the 22d of August, and was distributed in detachments 
for provost duty along the railroad, from Lynchburg as far as Bris- 
tol, Tenn., with head-quarters at Abingdon, Va. On the 2d of No- 
vember the battalion started for Richmond, remained at Manchester 
until the 12th, then to City Point, where they were mustered out, 
November 29, 1865, arriving at Albany, December 3. Arms and 
equipments were returned the day following, and on December 11, 
1865, the men were paid off and discharged. 

COMPANY A. 

Peter A. Rickard. 

Schoharie — Married; age 47; mechanic; enlisted February 12, 
1864; discharged November 29, 1865. — Town Record. Died Feb- 
ruary 2, 1868. A daughter, Mrs. Jemima Louck, No. 5 Quacken- 
bos street, Schenectady, N. Y., is the only surviving member of the 
family. 

Ferrand H. Cleveland, Grandson of i8i2. 

Blenheim — Teacher; age 23 ; enlisted Marcli 29, 1864; dis- 
charged May 8, 1865. — Town Record. Amsterdam, N. Y.; district 
agent Mutual Life Insurance Co.; married. Children, Genevieve, 
Henry, Burdett Cleveland. 



182 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Joseph Slocum. 
Conesville — Farmer ', age 30; enlisted March 26, 1864; dis- 
charged May 8, 18*') 5. — Tow7i Reco7Hi. M. 

COMPANY B. 

Alexander Weatherwax. 

Schoharie — Teacher ; married ; age 33 ; enlisted September 2, 
1864 ; joined his company at City Point ; detailed for duty at Pro- 
vost Marshal John Ebbs' office, December 20, 1864, and remained 
until discharged, June 7, 1865; Schoharie, N. Y. ; railroad track- 
master ; married. Daughter, Elizabeth. 

David Rickard. 

Sclioharie — Married; age 39 ; enlisted September 2,1864; dis- 
charged July 10, 1 865. — Town Record. M. 

Harlan P. Kniskern. 

Schoharie — Farmer ; single ; age 26 ; enlisted ; detailed to 

provost guard duty ; discharged ; Cazenovia, N. Y.; hotel- 
keeper ; married. 

Abram Rorick, Corporal. 

Schohiirle — Single; age2Y; enlisted September 30, 1861; dis- 
charged for re-enhstment in same company ; taken prisoner at Stony 
Creek Station on the Weldon raih'oad, June 29, 1864, and confined 
in Andersonville. — Town Record. M. 

John Neer. 

Summit — Married ; laborer ; age 26 ; enlisted January 22, 1864; 
discharged for disability, April 4, 1865 ; died April 19, 1865, leav- 
ing a widow. — M. R. 

Theodore Schermerhorn. 

Scholtarie — Enlisted September 2, 1864 ; discharged June 7, 
\<^^h.— To%on Record. M. 

COMPANY D. 

Peter E. Borst, First Lieutenant. 

Cobleskill — Farmer; single; age 24; enlisted August, 1861; 
injured by dislocation of right slioulder, wliile on drill at Poolsville, 
Md.; wounded by gunshot through right elbow joint, during the 



War 0¥ the Eebelliojst. 183 

" Wilson raid ;" treated at Foster Hospital, Newberne ; rejoined bis 
company on detacbed service at Deep Gulley, N. C; received sabre 
cut on leftsboulder at Little Wasbington, N. C; discharged as cor- 
poral, for re-enlistment, December 15, 18ti3 ; promoted to sergeant, 
to second lieutenant, to first lieutenant and to captain ; mustered out 
as first lieutenant, July 12, 1S65, at Suffolk, Va.; Albany, N. Y.; 
capitol orderly; married. Children, Lyra, Lansing, (xuy, Kittie, 
Leland, Carlton. 

Charles C. Kromer, Captain. 
<Sehoharie — Teacher; single; age 16; enlisted August 12, 1861 ; 
joined the rendezvous at Wasbington ; promoted to sergeant, and 
served as orderly at Balls Bluff ; commissioned second lieutenant 
in the spring of 1862, and captain in the summer of 1863 ; was in 
temporary command of the regiment for about three months during 
the summer of 1864, and was the youngest commissioned officer; 
mustered out of service, July 12, 1865; Schoharie, N. Y.; editor and 
publisber ; married. Daughter, Bessie. 

Charles E. Kniskern. 

Schoharie — Citizen ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted Se})tember 2, 1864; 
assigned to guard duty at Hart's Island, N. Y., and served on such 
dnty until discharged by orders of war department. May 17, 1865; 
Schoharie, N. Y.; citizen ; single. 

Abram Tinklepaugh. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age 23; enlisted August 11, 1864; 
discharged June 7,1865; Summit, N. Y.; farmer; married. Chil- 
dren, Eh, Clarence, Bert. 

Renslaer Kinney, Sergeant. 

Schoharie — Carpenter ; married ; age 24 ; enlisted July 12, 1861 ; 
took part in his company's first engagement at Balls Bluff ; crossing 
the Potomac at Edwards Ferry, and being driven back into Mary- 
land, followed Banks tbrough Harper's Ferry, Berry ville and Win- 
chester; took part in a brush with Mosby, in which a number of his 
.guerillas were captured. After the transfer to North Carolina, he 
served regularly in the expeditions of his com})any to Kingston, 
Whitehall, Goldsborough, Warsaw, Little Washington and Ply- 
mouth ; discharged by orders of war department, 1865 ; Schoharie, 
N. Y.; carpenter; married. Cbildren, Carrie, Fred, Ada, Lola, 
Raymond, Charles E. 



184 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Warren Giles. 

Richmondville — Fanner ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted July 10, 1861 ; 
contracted fever and treated in liospital at Newberne ; took part in 
all the movements of his compaii}' until discharged by reason of ex- 
pii-ation of term of service, August 11, 1864; Richmondville, N. Y.; 
spinner; married. Children, Edward, Libbie, Grace, Arthur, Veda, 
Mina, John B., Thomas, Eliza W., and Twins. 

Alphonso H. Babcock, Sergeant. 

Schoharie — Age 82 ; enlisted August 12, 1861 ; served term and 
re-enlisted; dischai-ged November 29, 1865. — A. Green Island, 
N. Y. ; married ; foreman in Delaware and Hudson shop. Son, 
George J., and other children. 

Orville Best. 

Schoharie — Laborer; single; age 26; enlisted August 12, 1861 ; 
served in line of regular duty through his term of enlistment; dis- 
charged August 11, 1864; Troy, N. Y.; life insurance culiecto)-; 
married. Children, Emma, Charles, William, Orville S. 

Nathaniel Rickard. 

Schoharie — Single; age 31; enlisted August 12, 1861; killed 
on the skirmish line at Plymouth, N. C, June 21, 1863. 

David Van Auken, First Lieutenant. 

Schoharie — Age 22; blacksmith; enlisted August 12, 1861; 
wounded by gunshot in right ankle at Yellow Tavern, Va.; com- 
missioned first lieutenant, December 7, 1864; discharged December 
6, 1864.—^. 

Beriah Wilber, Captain. 

Schoharie — Carriage-smith.; single; age 21; enlisted as private, 
August 12, 1861 ; contracted fever and treated at Newberne, N. C; 
rejoiried regiment at Newberne and served regularly in line of 
duty until discharged as captain at Suffolk, Va., July 1-0, 1865 ; 
Indian Lake, N. Y.; blacksmith; married. 

Solomon Rody. 

ScJtoharie — Laborer; married; age 35; enlisted January 19, 
1864 ; wounded in left eye by shell explosion near Petersburg ; dis- 
charged at City Point, November 29, 1865, by orders of war de- 
partment ; Schoharie, N. Y.; laborer ; mari'ied. 



War of the Rebellion. 185 

Henry Spelker, Musician. 

Schoharie — Carriage painter ; single; age 17; enlisted July 11, 
1861 ; served in line of duty until furloughed home for thirty days 
from Newberne, N. C; received injuries at that place, from a kick 
of a horse ; joined liis company at City Point ; discharged August 
11,1864; Albia, Ti'oy, N. Y.; policeman; married. Children, B. 
Harvey, Edu'ard, Bertha D. 

Daniel Herron. 

Cohleskill — Mason ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted August 23, 1864 ; 
discharged June 7, 1865. — A. 

Homer S. Waterbury, Brevet Captain. 

Schoharie — Farmer ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted December 9, 1863 ; 
did full service in line of duty ; promoted to corporal; transferred 
to Fourth Provincial, July, 1865,and served regularly until discharged 
by orders of war department, November 29, 1865;- commissioned 
brevet lieutenant, November 18, 1865, and brevet captain, De- 
cember 30, 1868, "for gallant and meritorious conduct;" Polo, Ogle 
county. 111.; farmer ; married. Children, Esther E., Samuel. 

John M. Freeman. 

Schoharie — -Single; age 22; enlisted August 12, 1862; dis- 
charged for disabihty , 1862. — il/. E. A. 

Joseph K. Holmes. 

Schoharie — Age 23 ; enlisted August 12, 1861 ; discharged Au- 
gust 11, 1864. - M. B. M. 

Charles Pausler. 

Cohleskill — Age 20 ; enlisted August 12, 1861; discharged Jan- 
uary 12, 1865. — M. R. M. 

William F. Roberts. 
Schoharie — Age 20 ; enlisted August 12, 1861 ; discharged Au- 
gust 11, 1864. 

George Settle. 
Wright — Age 24; enlisted August 12, 1864; discharged April 
7, 1862. — J!/. R. 31. 

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186 ScHoHAKiE County Veterans. 

Peter Murphey. 

Schoharie — Age 31 ; enlisted August 12, IS61 ; discharged Oc- 
tober 3, 1862. — Town Record. M. 

Fayette Van Alstyne. 

Richmondville — Jklechauic ; inai-ried ; age 27; enlisted Septem- 
ber 2, 1864 ; discliarged June 7, 1865. — M. R. 

COMPANY E. 

Luther Decker. 

Broome — Laborer ; married ; age 43 ; enlisted September 2, 
1864; discharged June 7, 1865; Oak Hill, Greene county, N. Y. — 
M. 

Seymour L. Patten. 

Broome — Laborer ; married ; age 43 ; enlisted September 2, 1864; 
discharged June 7, 1865 ; Shelbjville, Tnd.; married. Children, 
Mary, Anna, Minnie, Lewis. 

Charles W. Gibbs, Musician. 

Jefferson. — Tinsmith ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted August ID, 1861, 
at Delhi, N. Y.; discharged for expiration of term, at Bermuda 
Hundred, Va., August 21, 1864; died at Stamford, N. Y., leaving 
children, Adelaid, Howard. 

Pulaski Rust. 

Broome — Farmer ; married ; age 34 ; enlisted September 2, 
1864 ; joined his company at Prince George's C. H.; served under 
Kautz in the Army of the James, on picket duty before Richmond, 
until December 1, 1864, when Companies E and G were stationed 
on the Dismal Swamp canal near Suffolk. About March 1, 1865, 
was detailed as chief clerk to Provost Marshal Major J. L. Cunning- 
liam, at Portsmouth, Va., and served in that capacity until mustered 
out at Suffolk, June 7, 1865; Franklinton, N. Y.; farmer, married. 

Willard F. Gregory. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 1!) ; enlisted November 20, 1863; 
served until the close of the war; discharged November 29, 1865 ; 
took part in the engagements before Petersburg, Wilson raid and 
Stony Creek ; was wounded in the leg; Stamford, N. Y.; farmer; 



Wae of the Rebellion. 187 

married. Children, Helen F., Elice M., Anna J., Fred I., Satie, 
Coley. 

Howard O. Gregory, Sergeant. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted Augnst 19, 1801; 
promoted to corporal, March 21, 1862, and to sergeant, September 8, 
1862; taken prisoner at Reams Station during the Wilson raid, 
and reported as wounded and dying in Andersonville prison. 

James Babcock. 

Broome — Farmer; married ; age — ; enlisted September 2, 1864; 
did full servnce in line of duty until discharged by order war depart- 
ment, June 7, 1865 ; died at Midland City, Mich., March 5, 1888, 
of consumption, leaving a widovv and children, George, William, 
Myron, Ina. 

George Carpenter. 

Middlehurg — Farmer ; married ; age 35 ; enlisted September 2, 
1864 ; sustained loss of two fingers of left hand, by gunshot, during 
a skirmish near Darbytown Road " before Richmond " about Octo- 
ber 18, 1864 ; treated at Point of Rocks, and at Gangrene Camp at 
Hampton Roads ; rejoined his regiment in April, 1865; sent to Ports, 
mouth. May 1, and detailed as acting sergeant in prisoners' depart- 
ment at the Ocean House ; discharged June 22, 1865 ; Middleburg, 
N. Y.; farmer; niarried. Children, Menzo, Hobert, Lucella, 
Lottie. 

Otis Brewster. 

Oilhoa — Farmer ; single ; age 21; enlisted August 19,1861; 
joined his company at Newberne, N. C; wounded at Reams Station, 
June 29, 1864, by saber cut; captured by the enemy and died a 
prisoner. 

Chauncy Haines, Corporal. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted January 26, 1864 ; 
joined his company at Washington ; was injured by falling tie while 
tearing up track at Cold Station ; was wounded while on picket at 
the Darbytown Road by gunshot entering under left shoulder and 
passing over front of chest and coming out at right breast ; contracted 
chills and fever in the latter part of service, and treated in hospital 
at Lynchburg, Va. ; discharged May 8, 1865 ; Jefferson, N. Y.; me- 
chanic ; married. Children, Wilbur H., Marvin R., Sargen. 



188 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Martin B. Haines. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 28 ; enlisted March 7, 1802 ; 
joined his company at Washington ; contracted disability from 
fatigue and exposure oil the Goldsborongh and Whitehall campaign; 
discharged for disability, September 3, 1863 ; enlisted again, January 
26, 1864, for Battery E, Third New York Light Artillery ; served 
on detached duty at Albany and New York city ; served on provost 
guard duty at City Point, and as ward master in Post Hospital at 
that place ; joined his battery at Richmond after the surrender of 
Lee, and was discharged June 23, 1865 ; Jefferson, N. Y.; farmer ; 
widowei'. Children, Francis, twins, Alice and Alma. 

Joseph R. Stanley. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 27; enhsted March 29, 1862 ; 
joined his regiment at Washington in April ; detailed as provost 
guard for two months at General Kautz's head-quarters near Jones' 
Landing ; afterward detailed as dispatch bearer at different head- 
quarters, and with General Gordon ; discharged at expiration of 
term, March 29, 1865; Jefferson, N. Y.; mechanic; married. 

Joshua W. Stanley. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; married ; age 25 ; enlisted September 8, 
1864: ; contracted pneumonia, and died of hemorrhage of the lungs 
at Point of Rocks, Va., October 16, 1864.— J/. R. 

William J. Robinson. 

Jefferson — Age 24; enlisted March 7, 1862; discharged March 
7, 1865.— J!/. R. M. 

Lorenzo Sowles. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 22 ; enlisted March 7, 1862; dis- 
charged August 1, 1862.— J/. R. M. 

Henry Scovil. 

Jefferson — Farmer; age 18; enlisted January 7, 1864; sick in 
hospital at Point of Rocks, Va.; discharged May 19, 1865. — Tow7i 
Record. M. 

Paul Mattice. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; i parried ; age 31 ; enlisted February 1, 1864; 
contracted malarial fever at Portsmouth, Va.; slightly wounded on 
the head at Reams Station and by gunshot in right leg at Stony 



War of the Eebellion. 189 

Creek Station, Va.; discharged November 29, 1865 ; Mackays, Scho- 
harie county, N. Y., farmer; married. Children, Peter, Charles, 
Viletta. 

COMPANY G. 

Marshall D. Bice, First Lieutenant. 

/Schoharie — Enlisted December 19, 1863 ; assigned to special duty 
at Hart's Island, New York, as sergeant-major of distributing sta- 
tion ; discharged for promotion at " Camp Signal Hill," Ya., Decem- 
ber 2, 1864 ; promoted to first lieutenant, November 10, 1864 ; dis- 
charged at Suffolk, Ya., July 12, 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y.; merchant ; 
married. 

COMPANY I. 

Albert Bruce. 

Jefferson — Farmer; married ; age 34 ; enlisted at Norwich, Jan- 
uary 6, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Newberne, N. C; contracted 
typhoid fever, July 6, 1864; sent to hospital at Hampton Roads, 
where he died July 14, 1864. Widow remarried. 

COMPANY NOT GIVEN. 

Michael Spore. 

Fulton — -Laborer ; married ; age 23 ; enlisted , 1863 ; taken 

prisoner and supposed to have died in prison. 

Fifth New York Cavalry. 

Organized August, 1861, for two years' service, re-enlisting at the 
end of the term. On the organization of the Cavalry Corps, A^'my 
of the Potomac, it was assigned to Wilson's Division. 

COMPANY F. 

John M. Salsburg. 

Wright — Single; age 19 ; enlisted March 20, 1865 ; discharged 
June 29, 1865. — Town Record. Glendale, Lewis county, N. Y.; 
lumberman; married. Children. 



190 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Sixth New York Cavalry. 

company e. 

Isaac Smallen. 
Broome — Age 56; enlisted November 28, 1862 ; discharge not 
found. — M. 

Ninth New York Cavalry, 
company m. 

John Baker. 

Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted December 20, 1861 
did full service during his first turm ; re-enlisted December 20, 1863 
wounded by gunshot in left thigh, near Spottsylvania, May 9, 1864 
treated in hospital; furloughed home ; rejoined his regiment and 
served regularly until discharged by general orders No. 44, July IT, 
1865 ; died of insanity, December 28, 1885, leaving a widow. 

Twelfth New York Cavalry. 

COMPANY e. 

George Rockerfeller. 

Carlisle — Blacksmith ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted ; con- 
tracted rheumatism at Newberne, N. C, and malarial fever at 
Raleigh ; rejoined his regiment at Plymouth, N. C; discharged July 
19, 1865 ; Carlisle Centre, N. Y.; blacksmith. Children, Alice, 
Nettie, Angie, Earl, Grace. 

Thirteentu New York Cavaly. 

company m. 

Martin M. Mead, Corporal. 
Summit — Enlisted March 1,1864; captured October 1, 1864 ; 
paroled February 5, 1865 ; transferred to Third Provincial Cavalry, 
August IT, 1S65. — M. 

Fourteenth New York Cavalry. 
Organized November, 1862, and assigned to Arnold's Division of 
the Ninteenth Army Corps. 



War of the Rebellion. 191 

company b. 

George Van Buren. 

Jeff'erson — Farmer; married; enlisted October — , 186-4; joined 
his regiment at Baton Rouge, La.; served regularly until consoli- 
dated with the Eighteenth New York Cavah-y ; contracted sunstroke 
on the march to Galveston. Tex., and left by the wayside ; returned 
to Shreveport, La., and afterward home; Charlotteville, N. Y.; 
farmer. Children, Charles, Rachel, James, William. 

Fifteenth New Yokk Cavalry. 

Organized in August, 1863, and assigned to Duffie's Division of 
West Yirginia Cavalry. 

COMPANY D. 

Frank Kniskern. 

Schoharie — Shoemaker ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted August 17, 
1864: ; took part in the battles of Woodstock, Cedar Creek and 
Petersburg; discharged June 9, 1865. — M. R. A. 

COMPANY I. 

Edwin Finch. 

Wright — Single; age 18: enlisted August 18, 1864; did regu- 
lar service and took part in the movements from Five Forks to Ap- 
pomattox ; discharged September 25, IJ'65. — M. It. 31. 

Reuben L. Weidman. 

Wright — Student; single; age 15 years, 10 months; enlisted 
August 17, 1864 ; detached on special duty at Hart's Island, and 
discharged from that place l)y oi-ders of war department. May 8, 
1865; residence 110 Jay street, Albany, N. Y. ; wholesale grocer; 
married. Daughter, Caroline. 

COMPANY K. 

Joseph R. Brown. 

Seward — Student ; single ; age 15 ; enlisted August 11, 1863, 
at Syracuse ; wounded by gunshot in left ankle, at Newtown, Ya. ; 
treated at Frederick city, Md., Annapolis Junction, and at General 
Hospital at West Philadelphia, Pa. ; discharged by general orders, 



192 Schoharie County Veterans. 

June 28, 1865 ; Seward, JST. Y. ; pliysician ; married. Children, 
Joseph R., Jr., twins, Ray and May, Ruth. 

Sixteenth New York Cavalry. 

Organized in May, 1863, and assigned to the Twenty-second Army 
Corps. 

company c. 

Peter Bender. 

Schoharie — Married ; age 18; enhsted October, 1863; wounded 
and taken prisoner at Fairfax C. II., Va. ; died [at {Belle Isle. — 
Toion Record. 

COMPANY M. 

Isaac Slater. 

Fulton — Cooper ; married ; age 32 ; enlisted October 16, 1863 ; 
contracted rupture by the falhng of his horse during an attack by the 
enemy on the Grand Rounds, to which he was serving as escort, at 
Fort Buffalo, Ya. ; discharged; Amsterdam, 28 Henry street; 
cooper; married. Children, Annie, Levi, Edwin, Juliet, Charles, 
Allie, Libbie, Jacob H., Carrie, Stella. 

John D. Lawyer. 

Schoharie — Married; age 2-1; enlisted September, 1863; dis- 
charged August 17, 1865.— M. R. M. 

Eighteenth TIew York Cavalry.' 

Organized in July, 1863, and assigned to Arnold's Division of the 
Nineteenth Army Corps. 

company h. 

William G. Dibble. 

Conesville — Farmer ; married ; age 30 ; enlisted September 6, 
1864 ; contracted disability at Bonnie Carre, La., in latter part of 
March, 1865; treated at New Orleans f(->r two months ; furloughed 
home, reported at Albany, and was discharged July 6, 1865 ; Cones- 
ville, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Mary, John, David, Belle, 
Ida, Adelbert, Henry, Levi, James, Edward. 



War of the Eebellion. 193 

company k. 

Edmond Shafer. 

Blenheim — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted September 12, 
1864; joined his regiment at Thipadeaux, La., and served in line of 
fall duty until discharged hy general orders, June 2, 1865 ; Blen- 
heim, N. Y. ; carpenter; married. Children, Wade H., Miriam, 
Editii R., Mabel, Alonzo, Jerome, Edna. 

James Kniskern. 

Blenheim — Coo\)ev ; single; age 20; enlisted September 12, 
1864; joined his regiment at Tiiipadeaux, La.; served regularly until 
discharged by general orders, June 2, 1865 ; Blenheim, N. Y.; 
farmer ; single. 

Twentieth New York Cavalry. 

Organized in September, 1863; served with the Army of the 
Potomac without regular assignment; the total deaths of this regi- 
ment were one hundred and tliirty-two, of which number but five 
were killed or died of wounds. 

COMPANY c. 

Cicero Canaday. 

Schoharie — Blacksmith; married; age 37; enlisted December 3, 
1863 ; joined his company near Portsmouth, Ya.; contracted rheu- 
matism and was detailed as company blacksmith, and served in that 
capacity until discharged by orders war department, August 11, 1865 ; 
Sloansville, N. Y.; citizen; widower. Children, David, Charles 
E., Cicero, Agnes, Giles, Dora, Ella. 

COMPANY NOT GIVEN. 

David Weed. 

Oonesville — Farmer ; married ; age 30 ; enlisted September 7, 
1864 ; served with his regiment on scout and patrol duty along the 
Mississippi near New Orleans, Bonnie Carre and other places ; dis- 
charged June 8, 1865; died August 22, 1886. Children, James L., 
Yaldemar, Ida. 

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194 Schoharie County Veterans. 



INFAIJTRY. 



As before stated, an infantry regiment comprised ten companies, 
each company being designated by a letter of the alphabet. In the 
other branches, the com])anies were designated in the same marmer 
— all dropping tlie letter J, or passing it over as liable to be con- 
fonnded with the letter I. Each infantryman was armed with a 
rifle — the Springfield, Enfield or Anstrian. A cross belt over the 
left shoulder held the cartridge box behind the right hip, and a waist 
belt held the bayonet scabbard at the left hip, and the cap box in front 
of the right hip. A haversack, or bag, containing his provisions, was 
slung from liis right shoulder and hung at the left side, and his can- 
teen hung and rested in the same position. A tin cup, and plate, a 
knife and sometimes a spoon, with one-half of a discarded canteen 
for a frying pan and griddle, made up the kitchen utensils of the 
soldier in the field. A full wardrobe of the infantryman contained 
a cap, overcoat, dresscoat, blouse, pants, two shirts, two pair socks, 
one pair shoes, woolen blanket and rubber blanket or poncho. Each 
article was furnished at a fixed price, and the total amount allowed 
per year was fixed at $42. The amount in clothing received in 
excess was charged to the private or non-conamissioned officer and 
deducted from his pay. Dnring the first two or three years of 
the war, the soldier clung to his possessions with considerable 
perseverance, and "hung to his knapsack;" but. during the last 
campaigns, a full haversack was his first consideration, and with 
plenty of "grub," a blanket and inece of "pup tent" rolled and 
slung from the shoulder, and forty rounds in the cartridge box and 
twenty in the pockets, he made war a business and put down armed 
rebellion. The dress coat or "sweat box" was discarded, andsiioes? 
shirt, socks and cap, and blouse and pants were full dress for any 
entertainment. If he cared for cleanliness, and an opportunity 
offered, he scrubbed his clothes in a rnnning stream, and sat in his 
skin while they were drying on a bush. The j>ants were light blue 
in color, and the blouse and di'csscoat dark. The blouse was worn 
outside the shirt, and the same thing, deprived of its first letter, was 
worn inside, next to the skin. The sliirt was of a charitable color 
and withal very hospitable, being not only a protection for the bas- 
tions and casemates of the brave volunteer, but an asylum for refu- 
gees from the conscription acts of Jefferson Davis. 

When in garrison or permanent camp, the soldier slept and lived 
in comfortable barracks or tents, but when on a campaign, he but- 



AVAR OF THE KeBELLION. 195 

toned his piece of " sheltei" tent " to the one carried by liis chum, 
and sometimes a third party was " taken in'* when his piece closed 
the back end, wlien the tent was pitched. When stationed in winter 
cpiai'ters, the small straiirht pines or lai'ger trees split were converted 
into log huts, having an area equal to the base of the " pup tent, " 
and of sufficient height for standing room. On top of this the tent 
was secured, and "joy was unconfined " when the fireplace and 
chimney worked walk 

The veteran became a jack of all trades in architecture — carpenter, 
mason, plumber and decorator. Witii an ax as his only assistant, he 
erected a house which met all the requirements of his profession. If 
he were permitted to occupy it for a week or more, he felt proud of his 
invested labor. If lie received "marching orders" as soon as or 
before his "shanty" was finislied, he was ready to begin another 
with his original amount of capital, at the next camping place. His 
ingenuity was exercised to bridge over the discomforts and incon- 
veniences of his life, to husband his health and strength, do the 
duties required of him, and take no thought of evil days to come. 
Under hardships which taxed his endurance to the utmost, like a 
wise pliilosopher, he possessed his soul with patience. When per- 
mitted to enjoy needed comforts or luxuries, he appreciated them 
as none but a veteran could. 

Red Tape. 

After military orders iiad been issued by the Commander-in-Chief, 
and percolated througii numerous reservoirs, mains and branches 
until the poor private received each his dose, he sometimes wished 
in his heart tiiat he might become an "ossifer " — but 'wliat would he 
be? If he was bossed by the corporal, the corporal was bossed by 
the sergeant, the sergeant by the orderly, the orderly by the captain 
and sergeant-major, the sergeant-major by the adjutant, and the 
adjutant by tiie colonel. If he was a xoise private,- he minded his 
own business, and b}^ so doing escaped that terrible disease so com- 
mon in the army — " shoulder strap on the brain," and when he re- 
turned to civil life, the " big head." 

Corporals and sergeants were armed and uniformed similar to the 
privates, but their official importance admitted of no farther compar- 
ison. The three parallel angles of blue worsted dress braid, called 
" stripes," on the arm of the sergeant, and the chevron of but two 
similar stripes on the arm of the corporal, made the rank between 
them as definite and distinctive as is the dignity between a justice 



196 Schoharie County Veterans. 

of the peace and a game constable. It has been claimed that another 
title, below that of corporal, was created during the war, but as it has 
not been recognized in the Army Kegnlations, I cannot give it as 
authentic. The title referred to was " Lance Bazat," and the duties 
of such office were to care for the ninth corporal's dog. That 
such sinecure has existed, and does exist, I have no doubt, but 
not in the arm}' service. From observation we can reasonably con- 
clude that the honor is worn by garret newspaper editors wlio tlirow 
their camp litter at veterans who have seen active service, and who 
take their cue from some " gineral " commanding the soft bread 
brigade. 

Attached to each regiment of infantry was a drum and fife corps, 
or in some cases a brass band, composed of men who enlisted for 
such purpose. In the cavalry, one hand and a pair of lungs gave 
the troopers their inspiration, from a bugle. It is recorded of at 
least one brass band in the cavalry service. The service required of 
a regimental band were to play the reveille, the tattoo, and to 
'' chasse" up and down the line behind that drum major at " dress 
parade." Each regiment was also afflicted with a bugler, whose life 
was protected by the patronage of the colonel, and who was appa- 
rently created for the express purpose of finishing the work left in- 
complete by bullets of the enemy, and disease. He was the regi- 
mental rooster who started the fool chickens of the band, cackling 
and scratching at daybreak. He usually finished his crowing and 
took refuge before the tired victims of his torture could fully realize 
that they had " awaked with the rich man." Although his first la- 
bor of the da}' was brief, it sufficed to transform a slumbering mul- 
titude into a tumultuous and angry mob. The fifers and sheep- 
skin whackers, under the plea of regulations, came tumbling out in 
frantic haste to arouse the latest sleeper. While tliey were laboring 
with might and main to create the greatest amount of noise within 
the time allotted them, an orderl}' sergeant appeared in each com- 
pany street with a pair of lungs seeking promotion, yelling, '''Fall 
in for roll call ! " Soon the brave boys in blue or something else 
were in line, confronting their last tormentor, and after a brief con- 
flict of wordy warfare with the man of the book and pencil, they 
found they were still there, and clapped their hands in joy over a 
present deliverance. 

Guard and Picket. 

While a regiment was in the field and encamped, a certain num- 
ber of men wei-e chosen or detailed in " turn " to guard the pi'op- 



War of the Eebellion. 197 

erty of the regiment, maiiitaiu order, and arrest persons violat- 
ing the camp rules. Each post requiring a guard was numbered, 
and each guard or sentry was required to remain on watch for two 
hours at a time. While encamped in the enemy's country, another 
system of guard duty was employed in addition to the regular camp 
guard, called " picket." For this duty a regiment or part of regi- 
ment from each brigade was selected to form a portion of a line of 
outposts, composed of detachments from other brigades and divis- 
ions, which was established far enough in advance of the encamped 
troops to afford timely warning for preparation to meet an enemy 
too strong for the picket line to oppose. The force detailed from a 
reghnent for picket was commanded by a commissioned officer, and 
the head-quarters was called the "grand reserve." From this place a 
certain number, called the " reserve," were sent forward to a certain 
distance toward the picket line, and from this reserve, detachments 
of six men and a corporal were sent forward a certain distance far- 
ther, and to the right and left, and were called " outposts." From 
each outpost two men were stationed still farther in advance, and 
within sight and hail of each other, and with orders to arrest and de- 
tain any person approaching his line, and to fire his gun on the ap- 
proach of an armed body of the enemy, and to retreat to the out- 
post — the outpost retreating to the reserve, and the reserve to the 
granS reserve. 

The men composing the outpost were to remain out six hours, 
giving each private two hours on the picket line, when they were re- 
lieved by six others, and retired to the reserve. When the enemy 
were known to be in the immediate front, the system was less com- 
plicated. The pickets or " videttes " being posted direct from the 
grand reserve or regiment, and in case of an attack were to rally on 
the grand reserve. During the tirst years of the rebellion, picket 
duty at the front became a test of courage as w^ell as of endurance. 
During the long lonely hours of watching, the vigih^uee of the picket 
could not be relaxed for a moment, and at such times the safety of 
an army depended upon the "eternal vigilance "of " a private or two." 
During the night-time, the officer commanding the wdiole picket 
line made a " tour of inspection " of all outposts and reserves. On 
such tours he was known as " Grand Ronnds," and in the day-time 
by the title of "Officer of the Day." 

Regimental Colors. 
Each regiment was provided with two flags, called the "colors." 



198 Schoharie County Veterans. 

One the National flag, the other tlie " State flag," bearing the coat of 
arms of the State to which the regiment belonged, together with the 
name of the State and number of the regiment. The " colors " were 
carried and guai-ded by a " color guard," composed of two sergeants 
and six corporals. Division commanders were accompanied with an 
escort or staff, which included a bearer of the head -(quarters' flag, 
whicli differed entirely from regimental flags, and bore only the de- 
sign of the corps badge, and the color of the divisioji. As each corps 
was divided into thi'ee divisions, the number of the division was shown 
by the color of the badge of the corps to which it belonged. Red, 
First Division ; white, Second Division ; blue, Third Division. These 
division badges were attached to nearly every thing belonging to the 
army, except to the heels of the mules. The private wore it on the 
center of the crown of his ca]), in addition to tlie letter of his com- 
pany, and the number of his regiment, and if he strayed from home 
or was caught killing sheep, his owner could be notified. The vet- 
eran reader will not suppose that I have submitted the foregoing for 
his enlightenment and instruction, but for the benefit of the young 
readers and those not initiated in army reo^ulations. 

Record Abbreviations. 

M. R. — Record taken from the muster-rolls ; M. — Missing ; un- 
able to find the soldier or obtain further information; A. — Absent from 
roll call ; — record asked for and not furnished. 

First New York Engineers. 

The regiment was organized in September, 18G1. The services of 
the regiments of engineers were more contributory to the movements 
of the army than aiding or supporting it in battle. The First New 
York Engineers was not attached to any particular corps or division, 
but like the Fifteentii, was called to service as builders and repairers 
wherever bridges were required or the skill of artificers was in de- 
mand. The regiment re-enlisted and served through the war, the 
men on record here being: recruits. 

COMPANY E. 

William C. Brazee. 

Middlehurrj — Carpenter ; married ; age 45 ; enlisted September 
5, 1864; served regularly in line of duty until discharged with 
his regiment at Richmond, Va., June 30, 1865; Schenectady, N. 
Y. ; carpenter; married. Son, Frank. 



War of the Rebellion. 199 

Abram Brazee. 

Broome — Carpenter; single; age 25; enlisted September 22, 
1864; did full service until discharged with his regiment at Hich- 
mond, Va.. June 30, 1865; died of consumption, November, 1883, 
leaving a widow and children, Cora, Henry. 

Ira Russell. 

Middlehurg — Carpenter ; single ; age 26 ; enlisted September 22, 
1864, and served regularly until discharged with his regiment at 
Richmond, Va., June 30, 1865; Franklinton, N. Y.\ farmer; mar- 
ried. 

First Berdan's Sharpshooters, 
company b. 

Levi G. Phinkle. 

Jefferson — Cooper ; married ; age 31 ; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; 
served at the battle of Antietam and contracted disability; treated 
at Hammond Hospital and Albany Barracks ; discharged at the close 
of the war ; he furnished his own rifle on entering the service ; died 
April 2, 1875, leaving a widow and children, Charles W., Carrie, 
Maria. 

Third New York Infantry. 

Organized in May, 1861, for two years' service ; re-enlisted and served 
through the war; it belonged to Ames' Division of the Tenth Corps. 

COMPANY A. 

John A. West. 

Wright — Citizen ; single ; age — ; enlisted in Seventh Heavy 
Artillery, but transferred to Third New York Infantry for lighter 
service, in consideration of his youth. "After an unsuccessful charge 
by the enemy at Fort Darling, he mounted the breastworks, cheering 
for the Rebel defeat, and was struck in the left temple by a minnie 
ball from a Rebel rifle and instantly killed." — Colonel Whipple and 
Captain Coach. He was buried between Proctor's Creek and Drew- 
ry's Bluff. 

Henry Shafer. 

Wi'ight — Student ; single ; age 15 ; enlisted August 7, 1863 ; 
took part in the three months' siege of Charleston ; was with the 
Array of the James at Bermuda Hundred, Proctor Creek, Drewry's 



200 Schoharie County Veterans. 

l>lufl;,Cliapin's Farm, and Cold Harbor. Second Enlistment: Served 
at Heights of Petersburg, June 15, 16 and 17; back to Bermuda 
Hundred, Savage Station, Fort Fisher Village, Hilton Head, Cha- 
piri's Farm, Old White Oak Swamp; under Terry at capture of 
Fort Fisher ; joined Sherman at Bentonville, N. C; remained at 
Raleigh, N, C, six months and was discharged September 10, 18G5. 
Third Enlistment: Enlisted January 3, 1873, in Battery A, Third 
United States Heavy Artillery, and did regular service at Fortress 
Monroe until discharged at expiration of term. Fourth Enlistment: 
Enlisted in Battery I, Fourth United States Heavy Artillery, in 1878, 
and served full term at Fortress Monroe. Fifth Enlistment: En- 
listed in 1883 in Company E, Twenty-second United States Infan- 
try, and served at Fort Marcy, JSTew Mexico, until discharged for 
disability. May 1, 1885 ; Middleburg, N. Y. ; married ; citizen. 

COMPANY I. 

Hector Cowley. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single ; aged 27 ; enlisted ; re-enlisted ; 

killed May 22,1864, at the passage of the North Anna river, Va. 

Fourteenth New York Infantry. 
Organized in May, 1861, for two years' service, and assigned to 
Gritfin's Division of the Fifth Army Corps. 

COMPANY A. 

Amenzo Moyer. 

Sharon — Student; single; age 18; enlisted November 9, 1861, 
at Utica ; transferred to Forty-fourth New York Infantry, June 21, 
1863 ; wounded at North Anna river, Va., May 22, 1864, by gun- 
shot in right leg, four inches below the knee, and one in left leg four 
inches above the ankle joint ; treated at Finlay Hospital, Washington, 
D. C; transferred to Albany, and discharged January 5, 1865 ; 510 
Dudley street, Syracuse, N. Y.; machinist ; married. 

David A. Mereness. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 17 ; enlisted November 15, 1861, 
at Utica ; contracted diarrhea and rheumatic fever during the 
" Seven Days' Battles;" sent to Harrison's Landing, and to West 
Philadelphia; rejoined his regiment at Stoneman's Switch near 
Falmouth ; detailed as artillerist at the battle of Chancellorsville ; 



War of the Eebelliojs". 201 

during action his left ankle was caught under the wheel of the re- 
coiling gun, and severely injured ; treated by the regimental surgeon 
and remained with his battery until the expiration of term of ser- 
vice ; discharged from Whitehall Hospital in January, 1864 ; Sharon 
Spa, X. Y. ; porter ; married. 

William H. Wormuth. 

Skaron — Harness-maker; single; age 20; enlisted November 
9, 1862, at Utica ; accidentally wounded by gunshot in right hand 
while in target practice ; discharged at Miners Hill, Ya., January 
13, 18G2 ; Sharon Spa, N. Y,; farmer; married. Son, William. 

COMPANY c. 

' Henry Robertson, Sergeant. 

Middleburg — Stonecutter ; married ; age 25 ; enlisted ; re-en- 
listed September, 1864 ; promoted to sergeant ; stationed at Fort 
Trumbull ; discharged. — Town Record. M. 

Fifteenth Engineers. 

Like the First Eno-ineers its services embraced those of mechanics 
and artificers ; although like its fellow engineers it was not expected 
to engage the enemy in fighting, it was on occasions compelled to re- 
ceive his fire under very trying circumstances, — laying or repair- 
ing bridges without being able to return the fire. 

COMPANY H. 

Daniel Warner. 

Schoharie — Mechanic ; married ; age 42 ; enlisted September 2, 
1864 ; joined his regiment at City Point, Va.,and did regular service 
until discharged at Fort Barry, June 3, 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y. ; 
carpenter; married. Children, Oscar, Liza. 

Peter G. Bouck. 

Middleburg — Blacksmith; married; age 35; enlisted September 
2, 1864; contracted hemorrhage of the bowels at City Point, Ya., 
where he died, November 27, 1864, leaving a widow, who has since 
died. 

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202 Schoharie County Veterans. 



COMPANY I, 

Jerome Getter. 

Fulton — Single; inecliiinic ; ago 26; enlisted September 19, 
1804; joined his regiment at City Point, Va.; contracted typhoid 
fever at Hatcher's Run swamps; treated at Field Hospital, and re- 
mained, as acting steward, after recovery ; discharged at Elmira, Jul}' 
3, 1865 ; Fiiltonham, N. Y. ; salesman ; married. 

COMPANY K. 

Lineard Head. 

Middleburg — Teamster ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted September 15, 
1864; joined his regiment at City Point, Va., in October, and did 
regular service until discharged, June 13, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. 
Y. ; laborer; married. Children, Naomi, Theodore, Lydia, George, 
Myrtle, Irene, Ray and May — twins, Charles. 

Artemus Russel. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; married; age 27 ; enlisted 1864; served 
regularly until discharged, June 13, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y.; 
farmer ; married. Children, Addison, Heni-y, Mary, Charles, Wil- 
lard, George. 

Eighteenth New York Infantry. 

Organized in May, 1861, and became a pai-t of Slocum's Division 
of the Sixth Army Corps ; mustered out of service at the expiration 
of its two years' term of enlistment. 

company f. 

Lewis Spawn. 
Schoharie — Farmer; single; age 16; enlisted May 17, 1861; 
taken prisoner at Second Bull Run ; paroled at Fairfax C. H., soon 
after, and exchanged in December, 1862; discharged at expiration 
of term. May 28, 1863 ; enlisted again in Company H, Second New 
York \'eteran Cavalry ; discharged. Sioux Falls, South Dakota ; 
farmer; married. (Children, Mal)cl, Lewis, Lena, Albert, Earl. 

Thomas H. Snyder. 
Schoharie — Laborer; single; age 22; enlisted May 17, 1861; 
killed by grape or canister shot at Gaines Mill, Va., June 27, 1862. 



War of the Rebkllion. 203 

He was of African and American descent and very nearly white, 
and accounted a brave soldier. 

Leonard Cooper, Corporal. 

Schoharie — Fanner; single; age 21; enlisted May 17, 1861; 
did full service in line of <lnty until expiration of term ; discharged 
May 28, 1863; 12 White street, Gloveisville, N. Y.; engineer; 
married. Children, May J., Edith, Louisa, 

Wesley Cooper. 

Schoharie — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted May 17, 1861; 
discharged " end of war." — M. R. A. 

Francis Kline, Corporal, Son of i8i2. 

Schoharie — Age 23; enlisted May 17,1861; discharged May 
28, 1863.— yl. 

Isaac B. Walden, Great-grandson of 1776. 

Wright — Single; age 19; enlisted May 17, 1861 ; died at Fort 
King, Alexandria, Ya., February 2, 1862.— i/. R. 

COMPANY H. 

Ebenezer Kimball. 

Schoharie — Age 23; enlisted May 17, 1861; discharged for ex- 
piration of term, May 28, 1863. — Town Record. M. 

Elija L. Chatterton. 

Schoharie— k^(& 24; enlisted May 6, 1861 ; discharged for ex- 
piration of term, May 28, 1863.— J/. R. M. 

The foregoing- named veterans were of the first to enlist fi'om 
Schoharie county, and I am sorry to be unable to find dates of dis- 
charge on the mnstei'-rolls, which appear to not have been carefully 
kept. 

Thiktt-fourth New York Infantry. 

Organized for a two years' term of service in June, 1861, and as- 
signed to Sedgfwick's Division of the Second Corps. Did not re- 
enlist as an organization. It suffered its heaviest loss at Fair Oaks 
and Antietam. 



204 Schoharie County Veterans. 



COMPANY C. 



John Conrad. 

Carlisle — Farmer; single ; age 22 ; enlisted May 1, 1861 ; con- 
tracted measles, resulting in pneumonia, and died August 7, 1862. — 
M. R. Buried in Cypress Hill Cemetery, L. I. 

COMPANY K. 

Henry M. Eckerson. 

Middlehurg — Single; age 23; enlisted June 16, 1861; did full 
service until discharged for expiration- of term, July 3, 1863 ; took 
part in the engagements at West Point, Ya., Fair Oaks, Seven Days 
before Kichmond, South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg ; 
enlisted again in Company G, Third New York Cavalry, January 8, 
1864; discharged December 10,1865; took part in the Wilson 
raid, before Petersburg and Stony Creek ; New Hampton, Orange 
county, N. Y.; carpenter; married. Children, Elmer, Kalph, 
Chauncy, Henry, Lizzie. 

David W. Dey. 

Sharon — Mechanic; married ; age 28 ; enlisted May 14, 1861 ; 
contracted typhoid fever during the Seven Days before Riclnnond ; 
died on board the steamer " Euterpa " while on his way to hospital, 
July 20, 1862 ; buried at Hampton National Cemetery, Row 8, Sec- 
tion F, Grave 5 ; widow surviving. — M. R. says, " Died at Shippen 
Point, of disease, May 6, 1862." 

Thirty-seventh New Yokk Infantry. 

Organized in June, 1861 for two years' service and assigned to 
Biruey's Division of the Third Corps. Did not re-enlist as an or- 
ganization. 

company e. 

Bernard P. Mallen. 

Schoharie — Student; single; age 18 ; enlisted June 15, 1861, at 
New York city ; did full service during his entire term and was dis- 
charged June 21, 1863 ; re-enlisted at Trenton, in Company E, Third 
New Jersey Cavalry, December 19, 1863, and served in line of regu- 
lar duty until the close of tlie war; Cobleskill, N. Y. ; stone-cutter ; 
married. Children, Jennie, Lana, Katie, Ida. 



War of the Rebellion. 205 

Thirty-kighth New YgRk Infantry. 

Organized in June, 18G1, for two years' service and assigned to 
Birney's Division of the Third Corps. Did not re-enlist. 

COMPANY E. 

John Henry. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 35 ; enlisted May 9, 1861 ; de- 
tailed as teamster for a short time; participated in battle of First 
Bull Run ; discharged at end of term, June 15, 1863 ; re-enlisted 
September 2, 1864 in Company B, Ninety-first New York Infantry, 
and served regnlarly until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; Clams Falls, 
Wis.; farmer; married. Children, John, Edward, Mary. 

Forty-first New York Infantry. 

Organized in June, 1861, for two years' service, and assigned to 
Barlow's Division of the Eleventh Corps. Re-enlisted and served 
until the end of the war. 

COMPANY c. 

Harmon Wilsie. 

Schoharie — Single; age — ; enlisted October — ,1863; killed, 
. — M.B. 



Forty-third New York Infantry. 

Organized September, 1861 ; became a part of Getty's Division, 
Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac. It lirst came under fire at 
Yorktown and Williamsburg, and subsequently met the enemy at 
the "Seven Days" fight, Antietam, Md., Fredericksburg, where it 
stormed Maryes Heights, Salem Church, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, 
Rappahannock Station, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Fort 
Stevens, D. C, Opequan, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Siege of Peters- 
burg, Petersburg. At one time it was one of the five select regi- 
ments which formed the Light Division of the Sixth Corps. At 
Spottsylvania it made the famous charge with Upton and his twelve 
battalions. At the time of Early's invasion of Washington, it bore 
the brunt of the fight at Fort Stevens. — Fox. 



206 Schoharie County Veterans. 



COMPANY A. 

John H, Stanton. 

CohhsMll — Laborer; single; age 10; enlisted Febrnarv 22, 1862; 
contracted fever on the Peninsula ; treated in Hospital at "VVliite 
House Landing, where he died, June 25, 1862. 

Robert J. Stanton. 

Cohleskill— Farmer ; married ; age 22 ; enlisted February 25, 1862; 
treated for kidney disease at Yorktovvn Hospital; sustained fracture 
of shoulder and three ribs from falling limbs during shelling of 
woods by Rebels, near Williamsburg ; discharged February 25, 1865; 
Patria, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Arthur, Alviretta, Ada, 
Grace, Milw, Robert J., Jr. 

COMPANY c. 

Piatt R. Evans. 

Summit — Photographer; married; age 41; enlisted April 8, 
1865 ; joined his regiment at Burke's Station, Va., and served regu- 
larly until discharged, July 8, 1865 ; Summit, N. Y. ; citizen. 
Children, Mary J., Charles O., Cordelia A. 

Jacob Towsen, Jr. 

Wright — Married; age 29; enlisted April 4, 1865; joined his 
regiment at Reams Station, Ya.; dischai-ged July 8, 1865 ; West 
Berne, N. Y.; shoemaker; married. Children, Lucretia, Jason, Peter. 

COMPANY E. 

Richard Handy. 

Seward — Farmer ; single ; age 35 ; enlisted at Albany, August 
15, 1861 ; served regularly until he sustained injury of the spine by 
falling into a ditch on night duty ; treated at Portsmouth General 
Hospital, and discharged for disability, December 10, 1862 ; West 
Fulton, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, George M., Charles 
C, Lois E., Steward, Laura E., Jeremiah. 

Albert A. Van Valkenburg, Great-grandson of the Revolu- 
tion. 

Sharoji — Laborer; single ; age — ; enlisted ; discharged for 

disability; re-eulisted in Veteran Reserve Corps; died single, Feb- 
ruary 6, 1871 ; not found in roll of Company E. 



War of the Kebelliojst. 207 

George Jackson, 

Sharon — Mechanic ; single ; age 41 ; enlisted August G, 1861 : 
re-enlisted at end of term in Third Independent Battery, March 17, 
1864. — Town, Record. A partial record has been given of a George 
Jackson serving in Company K, Ninth Heavy Artillery. I do not 
find him on the rolls of that company ; he died in August 20, 1877, 
leaving a widow and children, Maria, George, Ellen. 

Forty-fourth New York Infantry. 
This regiment was organized in September of 1861, and its mem- 
bers were rccrnited from every part of the State under a call for 
"Ellsworth's Avengers." The members were required to be un- 
married, able-bodied and intelligent. The men wore the zouave 
uniform. The regiment was attached to Griffin's Division of the 
Fifth Corps. Its first serious battle was Hanover C. H., Ya., where 
it sustained a loss of eighty-six killed and wounded. In October of 
1862 the original Companies C and E were consolidated with other 
companies, and two companies of recruits were enlisted to fill the 
vacancies, and were afterward known as C and E Compatiies, Com- 
pany E being composed principally of students from the State Nor- 
mal School at Albany. The regiment was prominently engaged at 
Gettysburg on the 2d of July and was one of the first regiments 
to occupy " Little Round Top." The regiment was mustered out 
September 24, 1864. Engagements: Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, 
Hanover C. H., I^Ianassas, Fredericksburg, Ciiancellorsville, Va., 
Middlebnrg, Ya., Gettysburg, Pa., Rappahannock Station, Wilder- 
ness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, I'ethsada, Petersburg and Poplar 
Spring Church ; killed and wounded, six hundred and forty-three; 
missing and captured, seventy-nine; died in Rebel prisons, ten. — 
Fox. 

COMPANY c. 

Martin Stewart. 

Fulton — Age 22; single ; mechanic; enlisted August 22, 1861 ; 
died of fever at Fort Wood, New York Harbor, June 8, 1862 ; 
buried in Laurel Hill, L, I., Cemetery, Grave 2564. 

Emory A. Shafer. 

Seward — Age 30 ; enlisted September, 1861; contracted typhoid 
fever in the early spring of 1862, and sent to Philadelphia, Pa., for 
treatment, where he died, April 16, 1862. 



208 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Theodore Guernsey. 

(Jobleskill — Fanner; single; age — ; enlisted 1861 ; did full ser- 
vice until killed, bj gunshot entering the forehead and coming out 
at the top of the head, at Hanover Court House, May 27, 1862. 

Peter Haines. 

Seward — Farmer; single; age 22 ; enlisted September 20, 1862; 
joined his regiment at Antietam, Md., and did full service until 
discharged August 25,1865; Seward, N. Y. ; carpenter; married. 
Child, Yirgil. 

Jacob Traber. 

Seward — Farmer; married; age 27; enlisted September 30, 
1862; contracted rheumatism in October following, and treated at 
Camden Street Hospital, Baltimore ; discharged for disability, April 
2, 1803; Little Falls, JST, Y. ; stationary engineer; married. Chil- 
dren, Peter J., George M., J. Eugene, Jennie K. 

James Kniskern. 

Seward — Farmer; married; age 45; enlisted September 30, 
1862 ; contracted fistula ; treated at Mount Pleasant Hospital, D. C, 
David's and Bedloe's Island Hospitals, NewYork, and at Alexandria, 
Ya. ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, and stationed at Arling- 
ton, Va. : discharged June 28, 1865 ; Worcester, N. Y. ; laborer ; 
married. Daughter, Alvira. 

Moses F. Hardy. 

Seward — Mechanic; married; enlisted September 30. 1862; 
discharged for disability, July 14, 1864.— Toion Record. M. 

John H. Wilbur. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 22, 1861; 
discharged May 5, 1863.— J/. R. A. 

COMPANY D. 

Orson Spickerman. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 16; enlisted October 20, 1861 ; 
did full service until January 10, 1862, when he contracted small- 
pox, and was treated at California Hospital ; rejoined his regiment 
at Hampton Roads, March 20, 1862, and did full service until after 



War of the Rebellion. 209 

tlie battle of Autietani, when he contracted fever and was sent for 
treatment to Fredericksburg, A^a., and to Baltimore, Md. ; rejoined 
his regiment at Harper's Ferry, and served on detailed duty nntil 
the spring of 1863 ; rejoined his regiment at Winchester, and after- 
ward detached on special service in Baltimore and other cities ; con- 
tracted lung trouble, and was discharged for disability, December 18, 
1863; West Fulton, N. Y. ; farmer; married. , 

George Aker. 

Fulton — Farmer; single ; age 21 ; enlisted December 14, 1861; 
contracted fever at City Point, Va., and sent home May 14, 1862 ; 
rejoined his regiment previous to the battle of Fredericksburg, and 
took part in that engagement; discharged October 11, 1864 ; Howe's 
Cave, N. Y. ; laborer ; married. Children, Irving, Bertha, Mame, 
Eddie, Lloyd. 

John F. Chase. 

Fidton — Enhsted August 15, 1861 ; served until the spring of 
1862 ; contracted typhoid fever at Yorktown, Va. ; sent to New 
York city for treatment ; died May 13, 1862. 

Lyman Judd. 

Blenheim — Farmer; single; age 17; enlisted October 20, 1861; 
did full service until January 10, 1862, when he contracted fever ; 
treated at Washington and discharged for disability. May 23, 1862 ; 
died in the early part of 1889. 

George Gasner. 

Fulton — Age 24; enlisted September 12, 1861; served the 
greater part of his term on detail duty ; discharged October 11, 
1864 ; Galway, N. Y. — A. 

Joshua Tompkins. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 21 ; enlisted October 19,1861; 
discharged May 28, 1862. — M. R. A. 

William H. Tompkins. 

Fulton -~Y?i,\'meY\ single; age 19 ; enlisted October 20, 1861 ; 
a comrade says he was taken prisoner at the battle of Second Bull 
B,un, afterward paroled and discharged from Parole Camp at An- 
napolis. — 31. 

2? 



310 Schoharie County Veterans. 

company e. 

Robert W. Gardner. 

iSeward — Carpenter; siiii^le ; ;ii;e 31; enlisted September 20, 
1862 ; served in full line of duty until missing at the battle of the 
Wilderness, May 8. 1864 ; his family are ignorant of his fate. 

Aaron H. Esmay. 

Seward — Farmer; married; age 25 ; enlisted Angust, 1862; 
joined his regiment after the battle of Antietam ; detailed to 
quartermaster's department for about four months at " Stoneman's 
Switch " near Fredericksburg, Va.; served on full duty afterward 
until wounded by gunshot in right fore-arm at " Little Round Top," 
Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 ; treated at Satterlee General Hospital, 
Philadelphia, until discharged for disability, October 15, 1863; 
Cobleskill, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Lydia, Oscar, Stan- 
ton, Maggie, Tessie, Rennie, Annie, Nellie. 

James H. Burke. 

Seward — Farmer; married; age 2Y; enlisted September 25, 
1862; took part in the engagements of Chancellorsville and Fred- 
ericksburg; contracted typhoid fevei- in June of 1863 and sent to 
Division Hospital at Potomac Bridge, and soon after to Lincoln 
Hospital, Washington, and to Nicetown Hospital three weeks later; 
transferred to Company K, Nintii Yeteran Reserve Corps, in the 
s})ring of 1864:, and ordered to Washington, and from there to 
Alexandria, to take charge of the musicians belonging to the fifteen 
companies doing guard duty for the supply trains to Cnlpeper C. H., 
Ya.; detailed in summer of 1864, June or July, to organize a brass 
band at Washington, and was made major of the Ninth Veteran 
Reserve Drum Corps ; remained with the corps until discharged by 
general orders, July 3, 1865; Bnrlingame, Ivan.; operator of coal 
shaft ; married. Children, W. G., Oscar J., Frank, Edward L. 

Martin D. Marclay. 

Seward — Farmer; single; age 28 ; enlisted September 24, 1862; 
remained with his regiment until discharged for disability, March 1, 
1863, near Falmouth, Va.; while out foraging near the picket 
line on the Blue Ridge, November 5, 1S63, lie received a gunshot 
wound in the right fore-arm near the wrist, from a bushwhacker ; 
Decatur, N. Y.; farmer; mari-ied. Son, Logan J. 



War of the Rebellion. 211 

Peter N. Somers, Sergeant. 

Seward — Farmer ; man-ied ; age 25 ; enlisted September 24, 
1863; disabled at tlie battle of Fredericksburg; remained with his 
regiment, until examined l)j medical board, April 19, 1803, then sent 
to Enjorj Hospital, Washington, and remained until January 1, 1864, 
when he was sent to Camp Convalescent, Alexandria, Ya., and under 
General Orders 93 of March 7, 1864, transferred to Company F, 
Twenty-fourth Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, and promoted to 
first duty sergeant ; i-emained in such service until discharged by 
General Orders 116, June 28, 1865 ; Decatur, N. Y.; farmer; mar- 
ried. Children, Howard, Stanton, Ernest F. 

Norman Ottman. 

Seward — Teacher; married; age 37; enlisted September 18, 
1862; joined his regiment soon after the battle of Autietam and did 
full service until wounded by shell explosion at battle of Chancel- 
lorsville ; died of wounds, May 27, 1863 ; he left a widow and sou 
Byron. 

David Claus. 

Seward — Laborer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September 24, 1862 ; 
served regularly until mortally wounded by gunshot. May 24, 1864. 
— M. R. Buried in Fredericksburg Cemetery, Section A, Grave 23. 

Josephus Simmons. 

Seward — Carpenter; married; age 39; enlisted September 24, 
1862 ; served in line of duty at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chan- 
cellorsville, Gettysburg and Rappahannock Station ; was wounded in 
the latter engagement by gunshot in left groin ; treated at Finlay 
Hospital, Washington, and discharged for disability, April 22, 1864; 
Worcester, N. Y. ; carpenter; married. Children, Loretta M., 
Ella M. 

John Haines. 

Seward — Carpenter; married; age 30; enlisted September 24, 
1862 ; sustained injury of the back while carrying timber for cordu- 
roy road ; treated at Point Lookout, and at Baltimore, Md.; dis- 
charged for disabihty ; died August, 1877, leaving a widow and 
daughter, Ida. 

Jason Sexton, First Lieutenant. 

Seward — Farmer; married; age 28; enlisted September 24, 
1862; joined his regiment in October, at Autietam; contracted 



213 Schoharie County Veterans. 

typhoid fever after the battle of Fredericksburg, and treated in hos- 
pital at WiDdinill Point; rejoined his regiment in April of 1863, 
and detailed for light duty, and to dnty at corps head-quarters, May 
1, 18()3 ; after the battle of Chancellorsville was sent to Washing- 
ton, having charge of sick and wounded ; transferred in July follow- 
ing to Veteran Reserve Corps and stationed at Washington ; dis- 
charged October 15, 1804, for promotion to first lieutenant. Com- 
pany E, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth New York Infantry, with 
permission to recruit ; joined his regiment in the Shenandoah Valley 
at Cedar Creek, and afterward served with the regiment in Sherman's 
Army until discharged at Savannah, June 3t», 18G5 ; was mustered 
out at Albany^ July 3 following ; Spring House, Montgomery county, 
Pa.; farmer; married. Children, Helen, Grant. 

Hiram S. Rowley, First Lieutenant. 

Seward — Blacksmith ; married ; age 36 ; enlisted September 20, 
1862; joined the regiment at Antietam ; did full service until 
wounded by gunshot in upper third of left thigh. May 8, 1864, at 
Spottsylvania, Ya.; treated at Carver Hospital, Washington, for 
three months and then detailed on recruiting service at Albany, 
N. Y.; enrolled sixty-five men for the One Hundred and Forty- 
second New York Infantry, and was promoted to first lieutenant 
of that company ; did regular service in line of duty with the regi- 
ment until discharged at Raleigh, N. C, June 7, 1865, by Special 
Orders No. 73, Department North Carolina ; Batavia, N. Y.; black- 
smith ; married. Children, Fred J., Carrie L., Wilson G. 

Demmon Rowley. 

Seward — Farmer ; married ; age 24 ; enlisted September 24, 
1862 ; joined the regiment at Antietam ; detailed as teamster ; pro- 
moted to wagon master and served in line of such duty until the 
muster out of the Forty-fourth, and was then transferred to the One 
Hundred and Fortieth New York Infantry, and discharged at the 
close of the Avar ; died at Kansas City 1889, leaving a widow. 

COMPANY F. 

Levi Slater. 

Fulton — Laborer; married; age 19; enlisted September 13, 

1861; wounded by gunshot in shoulder, ; died at Wasjiington, 

— M. li. says, killed at Malvern Hill, July 1, 18G2. 



Wak of the Rebellion. 213 

Sylvanus Van Valkenberg. 

FtiUoii — Cooper ; married ; age 37 ; enlisted September 13, 1861; 
contracted Inng trouble at Hall's Hill, Va.; discharged for disability, 
January 27, 1862 ; Fultonham, JST. Y. ; cooper ; married. 

Seward Brooks. 

Broome — Farmer ; age 21; enlisted September 2, 1861 ; reported 
mortally wounded. — M. R. 

COMPANY G. 

John C. Thrall. 

Seward — Age 21; enlisted October 11, 1861 ; served full term 
and was discharged October 10, 1864.— M. R. Dead; widow living 
in Texas. 

John Butler. 

RichmondviUe — Laborer; single; age 17; enlisted in 1861; 
killed at Hanover C. H., Va.; his company not known, and the rec- 
ord is taken from the memory of his foster mother. 

COMPANT I. 

William Eckerson, Jr., Grandson of the Revolution. 

Seward — ^ Farmer; age 27; enlisted October 9, 1861 ; wounded 
by gunshot in the leg at Second Bull Run, and fell into the hands 
of the enemy and released ; re-enlisted December 8, 1863; killed 
while on picket duty at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, and buried on 
the field ; Riohmond National Cemetery, Grave 173. 

COMPANY E. 

Clark Hallenbeck. 

Seward — Mechanic; single; age 27; enhsted October 8, 1862; 
wounded at Upperville, Va.; discharged October 12, 1864. — Town 
Record. M. 

Daniel H. Reno. 

Seward' — Blacksmith; single; age 23; enlisted October 9, 1861; 
served in line of duty and in the siege of Yorktown, battle of Han- 
over C. H., and " Seven Days before Richmond ; " contracted fever 
at Harrison's Landing, and treated at Point Lookout Hospital, Md., 



214 Schoharie County Veterans. 

for nearly six months, and discliarged for disability, November 1, 
1SG2 ; Troy, N. Y.; nianiifaeturer and dealer; married. 

Moses Esmay. 

Seward — Carpenter; single; age 25; enlisted September 30, 
1861 ; discharged at end of tertii ; killed in a railroad collision, De- 
cember 26, 1863. 

Rufus Esmay. 

Seward — Farmer; single; age 20 ; enlisted September 20, 18G1; 
contracted typhoid fever on the Peninsula and died at Yorktown, 
Va., May 1,1862; Yorktown Cemetery, Grave 197, Section B. 

Abram Miller. 
^5/9^?Ym<7(3 — Paper-maker ; married; age 24 ; enlisted October 
2, 1861; discharged for disability, February 12, 1863 ; died May 1, 
1872. — J/. R. 

Forty-sixth New York Infantry. 
Organized in September, 1861, for two years' service. Re-en- 
listed and served until the close of the war. It was assigned to Wil- 
cox's Division of the Ninth Corps. 

company e. 

Peter Lafferty. 

Gilhoa — Enlisted September 8, 1864; wounded before Peters- 
burg by shell in the hip; did no further service; discharged from 
Carver Hospital, June 14, 1865. — M. R. M. 

John S. Sweet. 

Esjperance — Laborer; single; age 18; enlisted September 5, 
1864 ; joined his regiment near the Weldon railroad ; served regu- 
larly with his company in line of duty until just previous to the 
Grand Review, when he was detailed to police duty at Washington ; 
discharged June 10,1865; Sloansville, N. Y.; laborer; married. 
Children, Ida, Mark, Fred, Lee, John, Floyd, Kate, Jennie. 

COMPANY G. 

Charles West. 
Fulton — Farmer; married ; age 37; enlisted April 24, 1864; mus- 
tered out at the end of the war as " under court-martial." — M. R. 



War of the Rebellion. 215 

Died February 24, 1872, leaving a widow and children, Seymour, 
A^iola, Gussie, Alice, Charles, George. 

COMPANY H. 

John Bennet. 

Wright — Single; age 18 ; enlisted August 15, 1864 ; discharged 
July 24, 1865.— Jf. E. M. 

Forty SEVENTH New York Infantry. 
Organized in September, 1861, and assigned to Turner's Division 
of the Tenth Corps ; it re-enlisted at the expiration of its term of 
two years, and served until the close of the war. 

company h. 

Smith Tanner. 

Fulton — Farmer; married; age 20; enlisted October 15, 1863; 
wounded by gunshot in left leg, fractui-ing the tibia, at the battle 
of Olustee, Fla. ; was captured on the held and taken to Tallahassee, 
and on August 20 to Andersonville, where he was confined until the 
12th day of September, and then taken to Florence, S. C. ; paroled 
on December 11, 1864, and taken to Annapolis, where he remained 
until discharged by surgeon's certificate of disability, June 26, 1865 ; 
Boucks Falls, Schoharie county, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Chil- 
dren, Mattie M., Inez C, Christina E. 

Forty-eighth New York Infantry. 

Organized in September, 1861, and assigned to Turner's Division, 
Tenth Corps, at a later date ; re-enlisted at the expiration of its 
term, and served until the end of the war. 

company e. 

Dewitt C Bates, Corporal. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted October 19, 1863; 
took part in the engagements of Olustee, Fla., Bermuda Hundred, 
Cold Harbor, Before Richmond, and Fort Fisher ; wounded at Fort 
Fisher, January 15, 1864, by gunshot in left knee; treated at Fort 
Schuyler Hospital, transferred to Troy, N. Y., and discharged July 
13, 1865; South Westerlo, N. Y. ; stage business; married. 
Son, Channing. 



216 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Jacob Hallenbeck. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age 17 ; enlisted October 19,1863; 
wounded at the battle of Olustee, Fla., by gunshot in the heel ; 
treated in hospital for wound and rheumatism ; discharged ; died of 
consumption, December 4, 1864 ; not found in muster-roll of Com- 
pany E. 

Fiftieth Engineers. 

Organized in September, 1861 ; re-enlisted and served through 
the war. 

COMPANY A. 

John E. Sweet. 

Middlehurg — Laborer; single; age 23; enlisted September 3, 
1864 ; sustained injury of stomach in lifting timbers ; treated at 
brigade hospital ; discharged at Fort Barry, Va., June 13, 1865 ; 
Middleburg ; miller ; married. Children, Orcelia, Elsie, Lillie, 
AVarren, George B. 

COMPANY M. 

Amberson Bishop. 

Middleburg — Farmer; single; age 37; enlisted August 10, 
1864 ; discharged July 2, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y. ; merchant ; 
single. 

Samuel Hallenbeck. 

Middleburg — Carpenter ; married ; age 37 ; enlisted February 
24, 1864 ; joined his company at Washington ; contracted rheuma- 
tism at North Anna river; sent to Cold Harbor Hospital, and to 
Campbell Hospital, Washington ; after recovery detailed for duty 
in the repair shops at Wasliington ; rejoined his regiment at Fort 
Barry, June 10, 1865, and discharged at Elmira, June 29, 1865 ; 
Schoharie, N. Y. ; carpenter ; married. Children, Caroline, Mary, 
Laura. 

Peter Wilsie. 
Middlehurg — Carpenter ; single ; age 27 ; enlisted August 29, 
1864; joined his regiment before Petersburg; served regularly in 
line of duty until discharged by order war department, June 13, 
1865; Middleburg, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Anna, 
Laura, John, Frank, Isaac, Cora, Jay, Ernest, Leon. 



War of the Rebellion. 217 

George Boom. 

Middlehurg — Shoemaker; single; age 28 ; enlisted August 25, 
1864; did regular service uutil discharged, June 13, 1865 ; Coev- 
mans Hollow, N. Y. ; shoemaker ; married. Children, Emmet, 
Chester, Margaret. 

Nelson S. Boom. 

Middlehurg — Moulder; single; age 24; enlisted August 25, 
1864 ; joined his regiment at City Point ; sent to Camp Stoneman 
and to Rickard Hospital, Washington, and detailed to the cooking 
department ; discharged June 18, 1865 ; Oak Hill, Greene county, 
N, Y.; moulder ; married. Children, George E., Charles, Arthur. 

Frank Phaneuff. 

Fulton — Mechanic ; married ; age 44 ; enlisted ; discharged 

with his company, June 13, 1865 ; died September 2, 1886. 

Oliver Cronk. 

Middlehurg — Laborer; married; age 36; enlisted August 9, 
1864 ; discharged June 13, 1865.— J/. R. M. 

George Towsen. 

Middlehurg — Teamster; single; age 27; enlisted ; dis- 
charged. — A. 

Michael Brennan. 

Middlehurg — Laborer ; married ; age 30 ; enlisted August 30, 
1864 ; discharged June 13, 1865.— i/. R. M. 

John Burke. 

Middlehurg — Laborer ; married ; age 27 ; enlisted August 30, 
1864 ; discharged with his company, June 13, 1865. — M. R. M. 

Francis Garber. 

Middlehurg — Age 32 ; enlisted February 24, 1864 ; discharged 
with his company June 13, 1865.— J/. R. M. 

Freeman C. Latham. 

Wright — Married; age 44; enlisted April 6, 1865 ; discharged 
with his company, June 19, 1865. — M. R. Died July 18, 1865, 
leaving a widow. Children, Elvira, Henry C, Mary E., George Z., 
Lena, Flora E., Seward L. 
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218 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Jeremiah Klock. 

Middlehary — Carpenter ; married ; age 30; enlisted February 29, 
1864 ; died at City Point, Va., November 7, 18(54:.— i¥. R. Chil- 
dren, Ella E., Charles L., George E. 

FiFTY-FiKST New York Infantry. 

Recruited by companies with rendezvous at New York city ; its 
organization was completed October 23, 1861 ; in January, 1862, it 
accompanied Burnside in his expedition and participated in the cap- 
ture of Roanoke Island and Newberne ; at Antietam it supported tlie 
Fifty-first Pennsylvania in its famous charge across the Stone Bridge, 
continuing in the Ninth Corps, it served with Burnside on the Car- 
olina coast ; took part in Pope's campaign ; served with McClellan 
in Maryland, and present at the Siege of Vicksburg ; was with 
Bu]-nside in East Tennessee and at the Siege of Knoxville ; it re- 
turned to the Army of the Potomac previous to the beginning of 
Grant's campaign, and followed the fortunes of the great captain un- 
til the wind-up at Appomattox ; the regiment re-enlisted in Decem- 
ber of 1863, and was recruited to nearly its maximum number. 

COMPANY I. 

Martin Whitbeck, Lieutenant. 

Richmondmlle — Fanner; single; age 19; enlisted October 5, 
1861 ; promoted to sergeant, Septeuil)er 30, 1862, and to firsfsergeant, 
March 19, 1863, and to second lieutenant, September, 186-1:; he did 
full service with his regiment, re-enlisting at the expiration of his 
first term, until captured at Southside railroad, Petersburg, Septem- 
ber 30, 1864; died in Danville prison, January 10, 1865 ; a commis- 
sion as first lieutenant was issued after, and before his death became 
known, {See Prison Repoi^t^ 

Fifty-sixth New York Infantry. 
Organized in July, 1861, and re-enlisted at the expiration of its 
term; it became attached to Casey's Division of the Fourth Corps, 
Army of the Potomac. 

company G. . 

Peter Hyser. 

Blenheim — Farmer; single; age 23; enlisted September 23, 
1861, at Lumborville, Pa.; joined his regiment at Newburgh, N.Y. ; 



» War of the Rkbellion. 319 

did regular service until discliarg-ed for disability, November 22, 
1862 ; re-enlisted September 9, 1863, in Company B, One Hundredth 
New York Volunteer Infantry ; did regular service until wounded 
before Petersburg, by gunshot in left fore-arm ; treated at Fortress 
Monroe until discharged, July 25, 1865; Cobleskill, N. Y. ; 
laborer ; married. Children, John, Sarah. 

Fifty-seventh New Yokk Infantry. 

Organized August, 1861, and assigned to Barlow's Division of the 
Second Corps. 

COMPANY B. 

Stephen P. White. 

Carlisle — Student; single; age 22 ; enlisted October 3, 1861; 
died January 14, 1862, at Camp California, Va., of typhoid pneumo- 
nia, preceded by dysentery. 

Fifty-ninth New York Infantry. 
Organized in July, 1861 ; re-enlisted at the end of its term ; served 
in Gibbon's Division of the Second Corps. 

company k. 

Alanson Clark. 

Middlehurg — Moulder ; single; age 17 ; enlisted June 29, 1864; 
participated in battles of the Wilderness and South Side railroad ; 
was wounded by gunshot through the right thigh at the left of Fort 
Stead man " before Petersburg," and ruptured in a charge at Deep 
Bottom ; discharged June 29, 1865 ; Leeds, Greene county, N. Y.; 
traveling agent; married. Children, Flora, Fred, Edith, Cora, Yiola. 
Comrade Clark was the ordy member of tlie Fifty-ninth from Scho- 
harie county. 

Sixty-first New York Infantry. 
Organized from August 22 to October 26, 1861 ; recruited from 
different parts of the State, one company being composed of students 
from Madison University. It took a place in the Army of the Poto- 
mac at Fort Worth, and remained until the spring of 1862, when it 
became attached to the division under General Sumner, and iiiMcClel- 
lan's advance on the Peninsula campaign, it first met the enemy at 
Fair Oaks, and was engaged in all the battles of that campaign. 



220 Schoharie County Veterans. 

After the l3attle of Antietain, its roster had become greatly deci- 
mated, and thereafter it held its title by the addition of reci'iiits from 
time to time. At the snrrender of Lee, barely a skeleton of the 
Sixty-first remained. EiKjagements : Peach Oi-chard, Va., White 
Oak Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Md., Fredericks- 
burg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Pa., Bristoe Station, Va., Wil- 
derness, Corbin's Bridge, Potomac river, Spottsylvania, North Anna, 
Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, 
Reams Station, Sailors' Creek, Farmville. 

COMPANY F. 

Loren L. Little. 

Esperance — Student ; single ; age 21; enlisted at Whitestown 
Seminary, Septeinber 25, 1861 ; contracted disability early in 1862, 
but refused to be discharged a few days previous to the battle of 
Fair Oaks; participated in that engagement and was killed by gun- 
shot through the head. 

John Brumley. 
Esperance — Laborer ; single ; age 17 ; enlisted September 11, 
1861 ; was wounded by gunshot in the leg at Fair Oaks ; treated 
in hospital at David's Island ; rejoined his regiment and served reg- 
ularly until killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. 

Lewis Judson. 

Esperance — Butcher ; single ; age IS ; enlisted September 12, 
1861 ; discharged for disability ; died of consumption, April 16, 
1863. 

John H. Loshland. 

Esperance — Single; enlisted September 24, 1861 ; re-enlisted Jan- 
uary 1, 1864; mustered out August 1, 1865. — Town Record. M. 

William H. Maxwell. 
Esperance — Laborer ; single ; enlisted September 24, 1861 ; cap- 
tured during the " Seven Days' battle; " exchanged in August ; trans- 
ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. — Town Record. A. 

Fred Ensign. 

Esperance — Single; enlisted Septeml)er 17, 1862 ; transferred to 
Fourth United States Artillerj', and discharged by muster out. — 
Town Record. M. 



Wa.r of the Rebellion. 221 

John Monroe, Sergeant. 

Scholiarie — Single ; enlisted September 25, IS^Jl ; re-etilisted Jan- 
uary 1, 1864 ; mustered out August — , 18G5. — Town Record. M. 

Robert Hurst 

Carlisle — Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted September 12, 
1861 ; did full service until McClellan's retreat to Harrison's Landing, 
where he received injuries from which he died at Point Lookout 
Hospital, Md., September 22, 1862; buried at that place. — lioll of 
Honor. 

Jacob H. Quick. 

Esperance — Single; age 20 ; enlisted September 25, 1861 ; de- 
tailed as ambulance driver in spring of 1862 ; served in line of duty 
througli the Peninsula campaign until captured at Savage Station ; 
taken to Castle Thunder, Libby, and to Belle Isle ; was exclianged 
at City Point in August, 1862; rejoined his regiment at Llarrison's 
Landing, and served regularly after ; re-enlisted in the winter of 
1864, and served regularly through the campaigns of Grant to the 
close of the war, and being the onlj' original member of his company 
remaining ; Argusville, ]^. Y, 

John Hartgraves. 

Esperance — Enlisted September 24, 1861; killed at Fair Oaks. 
— M.R. 

John A. Archer. 

Esperance — Age 21 ; enlisted Septemljer 17, 1861 ; did full ser- 
vice through his iirst term ; re-enlisted, and while waiting transpor- 
tation went into action on the skirmish line at Reams Station, and 
was captured ; died in tiie hands of the enemy. 

John West. 

Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September — , 1861 ; 
did full service until wounded by gunshot in left knee, at Antietani • 
discharged for disability, January, 1863 ; North Blenheim, N. Y. ; 
farmer; single. 

Benjamin W. Miles. 

Schoharie — Married ; age 29 ; enlisted February, 1864 ; dis- 
charged July 7, 1865.— J/. B. M. 



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COMPANY E. 

George F. Karker. 

Sharon — Moulder; married; age 27; eidisted April 8, 1864; 
joined his regiment at r>randy Station ; served in Mine Kun and 
Wilderness battles until May 8, when he was wounded by gunshot 
in right arm, necessitating amputation, five inches below the shoulder ; 
treated at Alexandria, Va., Christian Street Hospital, Broad and 
Cherry Hospital, Pliiladel])hia, and Albany Barracks; discharged 
March 10, 1865 ; West Berne, N. Y.; citizen ; widower. Children, 
Isaac J., Orson M., Armada E., George W., Martin L. 

COMPANY H. 

William Pierce. 

Middleburg — Farmer; single; age 15; enhsted March 7, 1864, 
under the assumed name of Borst, to avoid being found by his father ; 
was wounded by gunshot through front to left side of lower jaw, at 
Spottsylvania, and by bayonet through calf of right leg ; treated at 
McClellan Hospital ; from there fnrlouglied home and discharged 
July 14, 1865; Middleburg, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, 
Franklin, Areneda, Charles, Maria, Peter, Jacob. 

George Wayman. 

Fulton — Farmer; married; age 2*J ; enlisted Marcli 4, 1864; 
joined his regiment and began service in the lield in May following; 
participated in the battles of Cold Harbor, iirst assault on Peters- 
burg, Reams Station and the different skirn)ishe6 of his regiment 
until October 18, 1864, when he was wounded by gunshot through 
right lung at Fort McGilverj'; discharged June 5, 1865; West 
Fulton, N. Y. ; blacksmith; married. Children, Martin, Irena, 
James, Orson, Edna, Huldah. 

Sixty-third Niow York, "Irish Brigade." 

Organized August, 1861, for two years' service; re-enlisted and 
served through the war ; it was assigned to the First Division of the 
Second Corps ; it took part in the engagements on the Peninsula 
and at Antietam in 1862, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg in 1863, and 
from the Wildei-ness to Appomattox. 



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COMPANY B. 



Joseph Hoffman. 

Schoharie — Age 16; enlisted as a substitute, October 27, 1863. 
— Toimi Record. M. 

Seventy-first New York Infantry. 

Organized August, 1861, and assigned to Hooker's Division of 
the Third Corps. 

COMPANY C. 

Jacob Hyser. 

Blenheim — Farmer; married; age 25; enlisted 1861; served 
regularly until killed by gunshot in the forehead at the battle of 
Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862. 

Seventy-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry.* 

The regiment was raised in the counties of Cortland and Otsego ; 
the Cortland contingent, numbering about eight hundred men, 
arrived at Albany, December 18, 1861 ; the Otsego branch, consist- 
ing of Companies H, I and K, was transported by sleiglis from its 
rendezvous at Cherry Valley, to Canajoharie, and from thence to 
Albany by rail, arriving January 8, 1862 ; Company I was wholly 
composed of Schoharie county men, recruited by Captain John 
E. Cook and Lieutenant Hiram Blodgett ; after a reorganization at 
Albany, the excess of enlistments above the maximum number 
were transferred to the Third New York Heavy Artillery, which 
afterward became light artillery ; on the 17th of January, 1862, 
a beautiful stand of colors was presented to the regiment by S. R. 
Campbell, Esq., on behalf of his mother, Mrs. Samuel Campbell, 
of New York Mills, and on the day following, it moved to New 
York city, going into quarters on Hiker's Island, January 21 ; 
on January 30 it started by train for Washington, arriving at 
midnight of the 31st ; after goiuir into quarters on Meridan Hill, 
February 4, it began the life of discipline and incidents com- 
mon to those troops who entered the Array of the Potomac 
at that period ; on the 24th the regiment was transferred to 
Forts Totten, DeRussy, Massachusetts and Slemmer, and did garri- 
son duty at these forts until the 22d of May, when it took steamer 

* Abridged from Lieut. A. P. Smith's History of the Regiment. 



324 Schoharie County Veterans. 

for Ac(|uia Creek, and from that place inarched to Fredericksburg, 
arriving on the niglit of the 25th ; liere the Seventy-sixth was as- 
signed to Doubleday's Division and detailed for guard and provost 
duty at that city, and being the only troops occupying the city from 
June 10 to June 26; by special order of June 26 it was assigned to 
Doubleday's Brigade, King's Division, McDowell's Third Corps; 
on the 2d of July, Colonel William P. Wainwright assumed com- 
mand of the regiment and began its drill and equipment for effective 
service; on the morning of the Dth of August King's Division pro- 
ceeded to Cnlpeper, under orders to join the First Corps at that place ; 
it encamped midway between Culpeper and Cedar Mountain on the 
11th, and on the 16th passed over tlie battle-field of Cedar Mountain 
and encamped at its base ; retracing its steps on the 10th, the Seventy- 
sixth proceeded to near the Rappaliannock and encamped in a position 
overlooking Banks' Corps ; on the 21st day of August, 1862, the 
Seventy-sixth New York received its baptism of fire while passing 
to the support of a battery ; August 23 it bivouacked two miles be- 
yond Warrenton Junction, resumed the march to White Sulphur 
Springs, and on the 28th continued the march toward Washington ; 
after passing a mile or two beyond Gainesville, the regiment was 
assailed by a terrible artillery fire from the left, under which it rallied, 
and after reaching the farther side of a piece of woods, a short dis- 
tance in advance, it engaged the enemy until after dark ; in the desper- 
ate and fruitless battle of Gainesville all wounded, who could not be 
taken from the field in ambulances, fell into the hands of the enemy 
on the following day ; those wounded during the engagement were, 
at times, under the fire of both armies, and after the battle suffered 
untold torture from hunger, thirst and pain for four days, and at the 
end from a drenching rain ; six days after the l)attle the wounded 
able to walk, started for Centerville, where they were paroled ; at 
one o'clock of the 29th of August, the Seventy-sixth fell back toward 
Manassas Junction, and after a few hours' rest, continued the march to 
Bull Run, where it took position on a low hill in advance of the main 
army, and from which it was compelled to retire after dark, after a loss of 
fifteen killed and twenty -four missing ; on the following morning an 
" assembly " of the brigade revealed the fact that but one-third were 
present for duty, after a campaign of twenty days ; on this day, the 
30th, the regiment lay in reserve under artillery fire, but was not 
actively engaged, and later, continued with the army in retreat to 
near Centerville ; the march to Fairfax was resumed on the after- 
noon of September 1, and after reaching camp the Seventy-sixth was 



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detailed for picket, four miles to the left, where they watched and 
waited for the eiieiuy, in a cold north-west storm ; the retreat was 
continued on the morning of the 2d as far as Upton's Hill, and thus 
closed the first campaign of the Seventy-sixth. 

When the regiment left Fredericksburg on this campaign it num- 
bered four hundred and fifty officers and men. On the morning of 
the 2d of September it numbered two hundred and twent^^-live, or 
one-half. After a rest of four days it started on the Antietam cam- 
paign ; passing through Washington, their old quarters on Meridan 
Hill, Frederick City, Middletown and to South Mountain, wliere it 
was assigned a position in Hooker's Corps, and in the assault to the 
right of Turner's Gap. On reaching the summit of the mountain, 
it became engaged with the enemy and continued the fight until 
dark. During the fore part of the next day — the lYth, — the Sev- 
enty-sixth lay between the artillery of both armies, suffering a loss 
of several wounded, and in the afternoon was withdrawn to the sup- 
port of a battery. Darkness closed the tei-rible battle of Antietam. 
The dawn of the 18th revealed only dead and wounded foes. After 
a much-needed rest at Antietam, until the 2-itli of October, the regi- 
ment turned its face toward Virginia and started on the march to 
Bakersville, to Crampton's Gap, to Berlin, to Snicker's Gap and to 
Union, where the brigade joined its division, November 3, and 
marched to Warrenton Junction. Plere McClellan was relieved, 
and Burnside took chief command of the Army of the Potomac; 
and here the Seventy-sixth encountered its first snow storm during 
its service in the field — a regular norther. From Warrenton the 
regiment marched to Fayetteville, and after a halt of four days 
started for Falmouth — encamping for one night on the same ground 
at Brooks' Station, where it had bivouacked just six months previous, 
on its way to Fredericksburg. From Brooks' Station, the regi- 
ment was sent to Acquia Creek for guard duty, and later on to the 
vicinity of Fredericksburg. On the afternoon of the 12th of De- 
cember, the brigade crossed the Rappahannock, three miles below 
Fredericksburg. On the 13th, it joined its division and marched to 
the attack. Being exposed to a heavy artillery fire during the entire 
day the Seventy-sixth suffered a loss of eleven privates killed and 
wounded out of one hundred and twelve who went into action at 
the battle of Fredericksburg. A few days after i-ecrossing the river 
the reginient marched to the Potomac, where it went into quarters 
at Belle Plain. It was recalled on January 20, 1863, to take part in 
the second failure before Fredericksburg. Returning to its old 
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quarters, it remained in permanent camp until tlie 28tli of April, 
when it started on the Chancellorsville campaign. At a point four 
miles l)elo\v Fredericksburg, it assisted in laying a pontoon bridge, 
and crossed the river at that place. At daylight an artillery duel 
began and continued for some time. Early on the next morning, 
after advancing under a dense fog, the boys found the enemy in 
heav}' force. Unable to advance or retreat they lay during the day, 
protected by slightly rising ground, until dark, when they rejoined 
their corps. On May 1, they recrossed the river and proceeded to 
United States Ford, crossed the river at daylight of May 2, arrived 
on tlie battle-tield of Chancellorsville at six o'clock, and remained 
witli the forces resisting the Rebel attacks until the retreat of the 
Union Army to the north bank of the Rappahannock. 

After going into ])leasant quarters near Falmouth, the regiment 
received about lifty men from the Twenty- fourth New York, and 
later on an additional number, of five officers and two hundred and 
fifty men, from the Thirtieth New York. On the 12th of June the 
Seventy-sixth received marching orders while on the picket line, and 
on tlie following morning it was on the road to Gettysburg. It ar- 
rived at Centerville on the 16th, Goose Creek on the 19th, crossed 
the Potomac at Edwards Ferry on the 25th, and marched to Barnes- 
ville, Md. It reached Jefferson on the 26th, South Mountain on 
the 27th, Frederick City the 28th, Etnmittsburg the 29th, and on the 
30th moved to a creek on the boundary line between Maryland and 
Pennsylvania. On the morning of July 1, the Seventy-sixth, as the ad- 
vance regiment of the First Corps, resumed the march, and before noon 
saw the now historical village of Gettysburg. It met the enemy at 
Seminary Ridge, and after seven hours of unequal contest, the troops 
of the First Corps wei'e compelled to retreat to higher ground south 
of the village. During a half hour in which the regiment was most 
actively engaged, its loss in killed and wounded numl)ered eighteen 
officers and one hundred and fifty-one men. On the eve of July 2 
the brigade was sent to assist the Twelfth Corps in repulsing a charge 
of the enemy. On the 6th and Tth of July the Union Army was 
in pursuit of Lee. The Seventy-sixth made its third journey toward 
Virginia by way of Middletown and South Mountain and crossed 
the Potomac by the same route taken after the iDattle of Antietam. 
It reached Middleburg, Va., on the 20th, numbering eighty officers 
and men present for duty. On tlie 22d the regiment moved to 
White Plains; to Warrenton on the 23d, and to Beverly Ford, 
August 1, where it remained on picket duty until September 16. 



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On the 12tli of September two hundred and iifty conscripts were 
assigned to the regiment, and another addition of one hundred and 
tifty men was made on the 21st, September 24 the regiment 
removed to Raccoon Ford on the Rapidan. Here another addition 
of one hiindred men was received into the reo^iment. Durinsf the 
month following, the recruits and few remaining veterans belong- 
ing to the Seventy-sixth played a very busy game of "tag," stop- 
ing at near Culpeper, Kelley's Ford, Bristoe Station, Centerville, 
Haymarket, Thoroughfare Gap, back to Gainesville and Bristoe Sta- 
tion, where they encamped until ISTovember 5. On that day they 
started over another circuit, — preaching at Catlett's Station, Rappa- 
hannock Station, Ely's Ford and Chancellorsville. Failing to pros- 
elyte the Johnnies at Mine Run, they began a retreat with Meade's 
Army on the afternoon of December 1 by way of Germania Ford, 
Stevensburg and Kelley's Ford. 

They remained at the latter place until the 2'ith of December, 
and then moved to Culpejier and remained until the 6th of Febru- 
ary. While in winter quarters the number of veteran members of 
the Seventy-sixth was increased by convalescents from hospitals 
and detached duty men to one hundred and seventy-live, of 
which number about one hundred re-enlisted and received 
their veteran furlough. During this time, also, the regiment was 
presented a new flag, by the ladies of Cherry Yalley, to re- 
place the old one which had become torn and riddled by the shot 
and shell of eleven different battles. On the 6th of February, 1864, 
the regiment engaged in a skirmish with the enemy at Raccoon 
Ford, on the Rapidan, and returned to their winter quarters. In the 
reorganization of the army in March, the Seventy-sixth became part of 
the Second Brigade, Third Division of the Fifth Army Corps, under 
General Warren. On the 4th day of May, the Second Brigade broke 
camp and advanced toward the Wilderness by way of Germania 
Ford, Wilderness Tavern, and met the enemy in force near Parker's 
store. During this engagement three companies, B, Fand K, under 
Major Young, as skirmishers, were cut off, and a greater part of 
them captured ; the balance of the regiment was actively engaged 
until the third day of the battle, when with its brigade it moved 
to the Lacy House, and from there to Todd's Tavern, where it ar- 
rived on the morning of May 8, and met the enemy on the same 
day at Laurel Hill. Unsuccessful attacks were made on the 10th, 
11th and 12th, after which the brigade removed to anew position. 
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328 Schoharie County Veterans. 

movciiieiit of the army, by wa\' of Balls Chnrch, Jericho Bridge, 
Quarle's Mills, Mongoliick, Hanover Town and near Totopototnoy 
creek, where it formed in line of battle on the plantation once 
owned by Patrick Plenry, and holding the ground against the 
enemy until the forenoon of May 31, when it was relieved l)y the 
brio-ade of General Bartlett. On the 0th of June it arrived at Cold 
Harbor, on the Ttli at near Sunnier's Bridge, on the Chickahominy, 
on the 13th at Long Bridge and Wilcox Landing, on the James 
river; crossing the James three miles below Windmill Point, it con- 
tinued the march toward Petersburg and assaulted the enemy's 
works on the afternoon of the 18th ; after the re])ulse, defenses were 
thrown up and the troops were allowed to rest until the ISth of 
August, when the regiment moved to the "Yellow Llouse" on the 
Weldon railroad, when it engaged the enemy for three days ; on 
the 27th of October the regiment moved toward Hatcher's Run, 
and encamped in pleasant quarters; on December 7th the Third 
Brigade, witii two companies of the Seventy-sixth, moved out on what 
is known as the " Hicksford Raid ; " December 18 the Seventy- 
sixth New York comprised two commissioned officers and one hun- 
dred and eightj'-four non-commissioned officers and privates, and was 
consolidated with the One Hnndred and Forty -seventh New York, by 
order of the Secretary of War, December 31, 1864, the order reaching 
the regiment in January of 1865. The last report of the Seventy -sixth 
New York was made on the 15th day of January, 1865, and here 
we leave the clironicler, while the remaining men of a gallant and 
expended regiment continue on their way, under a new title, to be 
" in at the death " of the Confederacy. Prominent engagements 
of the Seventy-sixth New York : Gainesville, Second Bull Run, 
South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Cliancellorsville, Get- 
tysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Weldon railroad. 
Fox's Losses gives its total enrollment as one thousand four hundred 
and ninety-one ; died in Rebel prisons, fifty-one. 

COMPANY F, 

Charles Valoise. 

Summit — Mechanic ; single ; age 30 ; enlisted at Norwich, Jan- 
uary 23, 186^ ; did full service until taken prisoner on the skirmish 
line during the four days' battle of the Wilderness, May 8, 1864, 
when he, with several members of his regiment, were taken to An- 
dersonville ; he remained at that prison three or four months and 



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was then taken to Florence, S. C; he contracted scurvy and gangrene 
at Andersonville and was treated for the same at the prison liospital 
at Florence ; he remained at the last prison until December 7, 1864, 
when he was taken to Charleston, to Baltimore, to Annapolis, to 
Germantown ; rejoined his regiment on the day Lee surrendered ; 
discharged July 3, 1865 ; Summit, N. Y. ; mechanic; single. 

COMPANY H. 

Abram B. Utman. 

Carlisle — Farmer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted October 18, 1861; 
joined his regiment at Cherry Valley, and followed it to Albany and 
Hiker's Island, where he did brilliant service digging clams ; served 
with his regiment at Washington ; at Fort Massachusetts he contrac- 
ted typhoid pneumonia and was sent to Columbia College Hospital ; 
rejoined his regiment in April, 1862 ; suffered a relapse of fever, 
caused by over-exertion in artillery drill, and was sent to Eckington 
Hospital, May 22, and discharged from there, June 28, 1862, for 
disability; Carlisle, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Walter, 
Florence, Henry, Nina. 

William H. Brown, Sergeant. 

Carlisle — Farmer; single; age 26 ; enlisted October 18, 1861; 
re-enlisted at expiration of term ; was wounded in the leg at Gettys- 
burg ; the history of his regiment says : " A faithful soldier ;" Carlisle, 
N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Charles, Lydia, Clara. 

John Rorick. 

Sharon — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 18, 1861 ; 
served continuously until -Tuly 2, 1863, when he received a gunshot 
wound in right thigh ; treated at Bedloe's Island and David's Island 
and tlien sent to Camp Convalescent near Washington, and from 
that place to Chester Hospital, Pa., and discharged for " expiration 
of term ;" Cobleskill, IST. Y., laborer : married. Son, William T. 

John Dorson. 

Fulton — Seaman ; age 3.5 ; enlisted October 21, 1861 ; died in 
hospital from wounds received at battle of Gettysburg. — M. R. 

John Mills. 

MiddlehiLvg — Single ; age 32 ; enlisted December 10, 1861 ; 
discharged at Harrisburg, November 29, 1862, for disability. — M. 
R. Franklinton, N. Y. 



230 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Alex Van Valkenburg. 
Fulton — Fanner ; married ; age 26 ; enlisted September 21, 
1861 ; re-enlisted ; discharged August, 1865. — M. R. M. 

J. Cady Stanton. 

Middleburg — Citizen ; single ; age 31 ; enlisted October 15, 1861; 
wounded by shell at Gainesville, Ma}- 2S, 1862, necessitating ampu- 
tation of both legs ; " he survived the operation but a short time." 

Charles H. Billings. 

Age 20 ; enlisted October 18, 1861; discharged at the end of 
terni, October 22, 1864.— Jf. R. M. 

COMPANY I. 

Peter S. Clark, Captain. 

Schoharie — Teacher ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted as second sergeant, 
October 16, 1861 ; promoted to first sergeant, May 17, 1862, and to 
second lieutenant, July 11, 1862 ; discharged as captain, November 
1>, 1863, by Special Orders No. 1:97, for disability from wounds ; did 
full duty from enlistment until the battle of Gettysburg, when he 
was wounded by gunshot in left foot, July 1, 1863 ; fell into the 
hands of the enemy, remaining a prisoner until July •! ; Philadelphia, 
Pa.; manufacturer; married. Children, Mary, Claud, Charles, 
Timothy. 

John W. Coons, Lieutenant. 

Middleburg — Farmer; single ; age 27; enlisted October 1, 
1861 ; contracted mumps at Meridan Hill, Va. ; typhoid fever at 
Culpeper on Pope's retreat ; wounded at Gettysburg by gunshot 
through left shoulder; promoted to second lieutenant, December 31, 
1863, and assigned to Company G ; wounded by gunshot through 
left thigh at the Wilderness, May 5, 1864; discharged by surgeon's 
certificate of disability, August 15, 1864- ; Quaker Spa, Saratoga 
county, N. Y. ; minister ; married. 

William J. Liddle, Sergeant. 

Middleburg — Married ; age 30 ; enlisted as third sergeant, Octo- 
ber 1, 1861; appointed brigade commissary sergeant, June 1, 1862 ; 
killed near Petersburg, Va., June 21, 1864, leaving widow and 
children, William J., Joanna E. 



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Jacob Parslow. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted October 1, 
1861 ; was wounded by gunshot in leg at Gainesville, Ya., August 
23, 1802, and died of the effect, October 3, 1862, at Washington, 
D. C. 

William H. Parslow, Sergeant. 

Middlehurg — Farmer ; married ; age 25 ; enlisted October 30, 
1861 ; served regularly through both enlistments, and discharged 
with his regiment ; he was the father of " two or three children ; fif- 
teen or sixteen years after the war he became insane and was sent to the 
asylum at Utica, where he died; the history of the Seventy-sixth 
says, he was promoted to sergeant, for bravery. 

William H. H. Boom. 

Middlehurg — Moulder; single; age 18; enlisted October 18, 
1861 ; was injured in right knee joint at Fort Massachusetts, while 
his regiment was forming for review ; sent to Eckington Hospital, 
to Finlay Hospital, to Baltimore, and York, Pa., where he was dis- 
charged for disability; Middlehurg, N. Y .\ moulder; married. 
One child, Lillie S. 

John Diamond. 

Middlehurg — Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted October 1, 1863 ; 
detailed at Rappahannock Station as orderly to brigade surgeon, and 
served in that capacity until discharged by expiration of term, De- 
cember 1, 1861, near Petersburg, Va. ; East Cobleskill, N. Y. ; far- 
mer ; married. Son, Jacob L. 

Ralph Pierce. 

Middlehurg — Fnvmei", married; age 38; enlisted November 4, 
18G1 ; wounded at Gainesville, Va., by gunshot entering right hip 
and coming out at the knee ; treated at Mount Pleasant Hospital, 
Washington, for a vear and then transferred as nurse to the Divis- 
ion Hospital of First Corps, to which his regiment belonged; served 
in that capacity until the expiration of his term of enlistment, De- 
cember 1, 1804; Middlehurg, K. Y. ; farmer. Children, Mary, 
William, John, Peter, Rebecca, Nehemiah, Hezekiah, Annie. 

Abram Keyser. 

Fulton — Farmer ; married ; age 21; enlisted September 20, 1861 ; 
contracted typhoid fever " near Fredericksburg" the following sum- 
mer; treated in hospital near Alexandria and at Annapolis; re- 



232 Schoharie County Veterans. 

joined liis regiiucnt at Gainesville and did regular dnty until dis- 
charged for expiration of term, December 1, 1S64; Schoharie, N. 
Y.; laborer; married. Children, George, Peter, Mary, Nancy, 
Ella. 

Thomas J. Mann. 
Schoharie — Farmer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted December Y, 
1861; contracted diarrhea at Fredericksburg in 1862; detailed as 
nurse previous to battle of Antietam ; served with his regiment at 
Rappahannock Station, Gainesville, Second Bull Run, Fredericks- 
burg and Chancellorsville ; was discharged for disability at Convales- 
cent Camp near Alexandria, February -i, 1864; Schoharie, N. Y.; 
farmer; married. Children, Floyd, George, Everett. 

William H. Lawyer. 

Middlehurg — Farmer ; single ; age 17; enlisted January 3, 1862 ; 
captured at the battle of Fredericksburg and confined at Richmond, 
Ya., for over two months; paroled and sent to Parole Camp at An- 
napolis; remained a month, came to Washington, joined the Six- 
teenth New York Battery on its travels to Fort Monroe, Suffolk, 
Norfolk and back to Fort Monroe, and to Yorktown ; contracted 
chills and fever and was sent to Washington, and from there to his 
regiment ; remained with his regiment until the spring of 1864, 
when he was sent to Harwood Hospital, Waslii-ngton, and to Ger- 
mantowu Hospital, Philadelphia; joined his regiment at the Weldon 
railroad, Va., and served until discharged, January 3, 1865 ; Scho- 
harie, N. Y.; farmer; married. 

Lewis Rifenberg, Sergeant. 
Middleburg — Carpcjiter ; married; age 33; enlisted October 21, 
1861, as fifth sergeant; contracted fever in the latter part of 1862, 
and under treatment for a short time ; did regular duty otherwise 
until discharged, April 22, 1863. — M. 

Weller Pitts, Corporal. 
Middlehurg — Moulder; single; age 19; enlisted October 1, 
1861 ; discharged for disability, April 24, 1862 ; died of lung trouble 
contracted in the service, October 25, 1862, leaving a widow. 

Lyman P. Warner, Sergeant. 

Middlehurg — Baker; single; age 18; enlisted October 1, 1861; 
transferred to Company D, Twentieth Veteran Reserve Corps ; died 
at Point Lookout, Md. — M. R. 



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John M. Slater, Corporal. 

Fulton — Laborer ; married ; age 25 ; enlisted November 1 , 1861; 
captured at Bull Run, August 29, 1862; released and joined bis regi- 
ment, December 21, 1862; killed in the engagment at Laurel Hill, 
Va., May 12, 1804 ; buried in Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 
Division A, Section C, Clrave 30. 

Hezekiah Smith, Corporal. 

Middlehurg — Blacksmith; single; ago 10 ; enlisted October 21, 
1861; died of fever and diarrhea at Smokotown Hospital, Md., 
November 2, 1862. — M. R. Antietam Cemetery, Grave 336, 
Division C, Section 25. 

Silas Smith, First Lieutenant. 

Middleburg — Car[)enter ; married ; age 31 ; enlisted as corporal, 
October 21, 1861; promoted to sergeant, July 1, 1862, and to orderly 
sergeant, and to first lieutenant, and transferred to Company G ; Mid- 
dlebnrg, N. Y. ; carpenter; married. Children, Carleton, Lizzie. 

Charles H. Guernsey, Corporal. 

East Cohleskill — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted October 10, 
1861; died of fever at Washington, June 8, 1862. 

Clark Coons. 

Middleburg — Laborer ; married ; age 43 ; enlisted October 6, 

and detailed as wagoner; re-enlisted February 24, 1864; discharged 

by general orders, July 5, 1865 ; last known to be in Soldiers' Home, 

Bath, N. y. Children, James E., Rachel E., Arthur, Minnie, Lulu. 

Charles Alger. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; single; age 20 ; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; 
did regular service without interruption until discharged for expira- 
tion of term, December 1, 1864 ; Durham, N. Y.; laborer; widower. 
Children, Sanford, Minnie, Robert, James, Ira, Jennie. 

Edward H. Becker. 

Middleburg — Student; single; age 18; enlisted October 14, 
1861 ; contracted lung trouble at Fort Massachusetts and discharged 
for disability, March 25, 1862; Middleburg, N. Y. ; widower; 
dealer. Daughter, Libbie. 

John J. Bice. 

Coblesldll — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted November 24, 
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234 Schoharie County Veterans. 

1861 ; did full service until July 1, 1863; wounded at Gettysburg 
by gunshot in right hand, with loss of little finger and side of palm ; 
treated at West Philadelphia, Pa.; transferred to Company E, Six- 
teenth Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged in December, 1804 ; 
Otsego, Allegan county, Mich.; farmer; married. Children, Lizzie, 
Jennie, James, Lottie, Emma, Elmer. 

Edward A. Clark. 

Middleburg — Moulder ; single : age 22 ; enlisted December 2, 
1861 ; discharged for disability,"April 23, 1862 ; Prattsville, N. Y.; 
laborer ; married. Children, Sidney, Lillie, Martha. 

John Decatur.* 

Middleburg — Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; 
during his first enlistment he was wounded by gunshot \\\ left thigh; 
recovered and rejoined his regiment, and was again wounded by 
gunshots in left arm and right leg ; recovered and joined his regi- 
ment again and re-enlisted ; " was captured ;" transferred to One 
Hundred and Forty-seventh New York, M. R. M. 

Erastus L Efner, Sergeant. 

Middleburg — Tinsmith; single; age 20; enlisted October 21, 

1861 ; was wounded and captured at Gainesville, Va., August 28, 

1862 ; paroled, and after recovery rejoined his regiment ; promoted 
to corporal and sergeaiit ; killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. 

Rasselas Ellis. 

Middleburg — Teacher ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted October 21, 
1861; discharged at Washington for disability, January 8, 1863; 
Auburn, la.; teacher; married. Children, Daniel, Ward, James, 
Maud, Florence, Flora, Nellie and More, twins. 

James H. Hammond, Corporal. 

Middleburg — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted October 21, 
1861 ; appointed corporal, August 1, 18G2 ; killed at Gettysburg, 
July 1, 1863. 

Aaron Hayward, Sergeant. 
Middleburg — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted October 27, 



*This family uame has been sliortened to " Cator," and in sucli cases I find a 
D before it. I find it Decatur in some discharge papers and give Decatur as 
correct. 



War of the Rebellion. 235 

1861 ; appointed corporal, January 1, 1863, and sergeant, May 5, 
1864 ; re-enlisted and served until discharged by general orders, with 
One Hundred and Forty -seventh New York. M. R. M. 

John J. Hillsley. 

Wright — Farmer; married ; age 41 ; etdisted November 4, 1861 ; 
died at Fredericksburg, Va., August 9, 1862 ; buried at that place. 

Jeremiah Lockwood. 

Middleburg — Farmer; married; age 27 ; enlisted November 11, 
1861 ; died of typhoid fever at Falls Church Hospital, Va., August 
31, 1862. Oiiildren, John, Calvin, Martha, Nancy. 

David Lynes. 

Middleburg — Clerk ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; 
wounded at the l)attle of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, and died of 
wound at Germantown ; Gettysburg Cemetery, Grave 105. 

Joseph H. Mattice. 

Middlehurg ^F-Avmev; single; age 19; enlisted October 30, 
1861; discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., for disability, October 14, 
1862; wounded in left hand. 31. R. 31. 

Holmes K. Nelson. 

Middleburg — Clerk ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted October 1, 1863 ; 
taken prisoner at Bull Run, August 29, 1862, and paroled ; dis- 
charged foi' disability, January 8, 1863 ; Newton ville, N. Y.; milk 
dealer ; married. 

Abram Stever. 

/Schoharie — Farmer ; single ; age 24 ; enlisted December 11, 1861 ; 
re-enlisted and was severely wounded at the battle of the Wilder- 
ness; died on the way to hospital. May 12, 1864. 

Gideon Oliver. 

/Schoharie — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 21, 1861 ; 
wounded at Gainesville, August 28, 1862 ; fell into the hands of the 
enemy and not heard from afterward. 

Thomas Redmond, Sergeant. 

Middleburg — Soldier ; married ; age 42 ; enlisted October 1, 186 1 ; 
promoted to corporal, August 1, 1862, and to sergeant, f(ji' jjravery. 



236 Schoharie County Veterans. 

September 5, 1862 ; he served as color-bearer at tlie battle of Fred- 
ericksburg; discharged March 19, 1864; he had formerly served 
twelve years in the English army, and ^vas present at the attack on 
Scbastopol during the Crimean war; during his service with the 
Seventy-sixth, he was accompanied by his wife Ann, who labored 
over her half-barrel washtub to keep the regiment comfortably clean 
while in camp, and was always by her husband's side while on the 
march, and although she did not carry a musket she no doubt did 
l)etter service than some who did ; Redmond remained in the county 
for some years after the war ; when last heard from he was an in- 
mate of the Soldiers' Home in Ohio. 

Orison Shufelt. 

Middlehurg — Moulder; married; age 23 ; enlisted October 27, 
18G1 ; died at Ilarwood Hospital, Washington, of typhoid fever, 
Ai)ril 14, 1862.— J/. R. 

Moses Tompkins. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 21, 1861 ; 
did regular service and re-enlisted ; was wounded and taken prisoner 
on the fifth day of the battle of the Wilderness, and not heard from 
afterward. 

John Warner. 

Middlehurg — Laborer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted JNovember 17, 
1861 ; contracted measles and died at Cherry Valley, N. Y., January 
4, 1862. 

Charles H. Wright. 

Middlehurg — Hatter ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; 
contracted lung trouble at Fort Massachusetts ; treated at Eckington 
Hospital, Washington, and discharged for disability, July 7, 1862; 
early in 1863 he enlisted in (Company G, Sixth Connecticut Infantry, 
and joined the regiment at Hilton Head, S. C; taken prisoner at 
Drewry's Bluff, Va., in October, 1864 ; confined for three months in 
Castle Thunder, Richmond, and then transferred to Andersonville, 
where he I'emained until released, near the close of the war; Middle- 
burg, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Anna, George, 

John Eckerson. 

Enlisted December 21, 1861 ; did full service with his regiment 
for sixteen months, and was then detailed as orderly on the staff of 



War of the Rebellion. 237 

General Doubleday ; renaained on such duty for six months and was 
then transferred to Cavah-y Corps head-quarters as orderly and served 
as such nntil discharo-ed for expiration of terra ; Fiiltonhain, N. 
Y. ; mail carrier ; married. 

Hiram K. Lawyer. 

Middleburg — Farmer ; married ; age 26 ; enlisted December 11, 
1861; re-enlisted for second term; Jiever absent from duty until 
killed in the trenches before Petersburg, June 18, 1864. 

Calvin Traver. 
Middleburg — Farcner ; married ; age 35 ; enlisted November 18, 
1861; wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1868; discharged for dis- 
ability, November 18, 1^64:.— M. li. M. 

Abram Vosburg. 

Middleburg — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted November 24, 

1861 ; did regular service until wounded in left leg at Gettysburg, 
July 1, 1863 ; discharged for disability, July 15, 1864 ; the wound 
received necessitated amputation twenty-seven years afterward ; 
Belle Plain, la. 

Ira Warner. 

Middleburg — - Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 21, 1861 ; 
served full term, and discharged December 1, 1864. — M. 

Paul Weidman. 

Middleburg — Farmer ; married ; age 26 ; enlisted November 4, 
1861 ; wounded by gunshot in left thigh at Gainesville, August 23, 

1862 ; treated at Emory Hospital, Washington ; discharged at end 
of term, December 1, 1864; Huntersland, N. Y., farmer; married; 

Joseph Yanson, a Great-grandson of the Revolution, 

Enlisted December 10, 1861 ; did full service until killed by gun- 
shot in the forehead, at Gainesville, Va., August 28, 1862. 

Fletcher Wright. 
Middleburg — YtiYiwQv ; single; age 19 ; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; 
wounded at Gettysburg ; discharged December 7, 1865. — M. li. M. 

Jacob Manshaffer. 

Middleburg — Laborer ; single ; age 28 ; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; 
discharged at expiration of his term ; died April 7, 1874. 



238 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Benjamin Van Valkenberg. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; luarried ; age 28 ; enlisted September 21, 
1861 ; served his full term as orderly to General Doableday. — M. 

William L. Barringer. 

Broome — Fanner ; single; age IS ; enlisted October 4, 1861 ; did 
regular service until transferred to Company E, Thirteenth Vete- 
ran Reserve Corps, July 20, 1863. — J/. R. A. 

Charles Bartholemew. 

Fulton — Farmer; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September 21, 1861 ; 
detailed as orderly to General Doubleday, and served his term of 
enlistment in such duty ; discharged December 1, 18r)4 ; Gilboa, 
N. Y.; teamster; married. Son, Ford. 

John Sullivan. 

Middlehurg — Paper-maker ; single ; age 24; enlisted November 
27, 1861 ; contracted fever at Park Barracks and died in New York 
city, February 3, 1862. 

George Van Patten. 

Cobleskill — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted December 10, 
1861 ; died of fever at Fredericksburg, Va., July 2, 1862. 

Harrison Champanois. 

Fulton — Farmer; single ; age — ; enlisted October 12, 1861 ; 
contracted measles and lung trouble, and died at New York, March 
8, 1862.— J/, i?. 

Charles Brayman. 

Middlehurg — Laborer; single; age 19 ; enlisted September 21, 
1861; contracted fever and died at Patent Office Hospital, Washing- 
ton, June 3, 1862. 

David H. Duel. 

Middlehui'g — Farmer; age 10; enlisted November 1, 1861; 
wounded at Gainesville, August 28, 1862; discharged for disability 
from wound, November, 1862. 

Christopher Bouck. 

Middlehurg — Enlisted October 12, 1861; re-enlisted and trans- 
ferred to Company C, December 1, 1864; transferred with remnant 



War of the Rebellion. 239 

of his regiment to One Hundred and Forty-seventh New York, Jan- 
uary 28, 1865. — Town Record. M. 

Ralph Weidman. 

Middleburg — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted October 12, 
1S(U ; discharged for eidistment in Company L, United States Cav- 
alry, November 12, 1862. — J/. ^. M. 

Henry Sperbeck. 

Siimmit — Age 24:; enlisted September 21, 1861; discharged for 
expiration of term, Decemlier 1, 1864. — 31. R. M. 

Darius C. Barton. 

Sohohiwie — Enlisted December 20, 1861 ; was wounded at Get- 
tysburg ; promoted to corporal, November 1,1862, to sergeant, Sep- 
tember 14, 1863 ; killed at the Wilderness, May 5, 1864. — M. R. 

COMPANY K. 

Hiram Ives, Sergeant. 

Summit — Farmer ; married ; age 30 ; enlisted November 24, 
1861; detailed as orderly and dispatch bearer; contracted diarrhea 
and piles; treated at Chestnut Hill Hospital; discharged at end of 
term ; died at Summit, N. Y., September 17, 1885, leaving a widow 
and children, Harlan P., William B., Isaac N., Anna L. 

Samuel Brazee. 

Summit — Laborer ; single ; age 35 ; enlisted November 24, 1861; 
discharged from Mount Pleasant Hospital for disability, January 13, 
1863; Richmondville, N. Y.; laborer; single. 

Seventy-eighth New York Inp^antry. 

Organized October, 1861, and assigned to Geary's Division of 
the Twelfth Corps. 

company h. 

Willis Palmatier. 

Richmondmlle — Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted at Rochester, 
February 10, 1864; died at St. Mary's Hospital, February 24,1864; 
buried at Richmondville. — M. R. 



240 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Eightieth New York, or Twentieth Militia. 

Entered the service as a three muiitlis' regiment, leaving Kingston, 
April 28, 1861, and was stationed at Baltimore and Annapolis Jnnc- 
tion. Re-organized under a three years' enlistment, it left the State 
again, October 25, 1861, Crossing the Potomac, November 7, and 
going into winter quarters at Upton Hill. It served in the divisions 
of Generals Hatch and Donl)leday, and for about a year under Pro- 
vost Marshal General Patrick. It remained in the service until 
January 29, 1866. Engagements: Norman's Ford, Va., Rappa- 
hannock, Ya., Warrenton Spa, Ya., Manassas, Va., Chantilly, Va., 
South Mountain, Md., Antietam, Md., Fredericksburg, Ya., Gettys- 
burg, Pa., and Petersburg. Killed and wounded, fdur liundred and 
thirty -nine; captui-ed and missing, one hundred and forty-four ; died 
in prison, twenty-two. — Fox' Losses. 

COMPANY K. 

John R. Proper. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; married; age 26; enlisted June 28, 1861; 
joined his regiiiKnit at Kingston ; served regularly until he contrac- 
ted measles on the Peninsula ; treated at Douglas Hospital ; re- 
joined his regiment, and at the battle of Second Bull Run received 
a gunshot through both hips, and a few minutes later lost his right 
leg below the knee by a solid shot; sent to Claiborn Hospital, after 
eight weeks' treatment, furloughed home, remaining eight months ; 
returned to Washington and was discharged for disability, June 7, 
1863 ; Broome Centre, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Rositta, 
Elmer, Betsey, Pruella, Sidney, John, Gains, Rhoda, Almeda. 

Edwin Bruce. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted September 8, 1861, 
at Kingston ; contracted measles at Upton Hill, January 22, 1862, 
and sent to hospital for treatment; rejoined his regiment at Bailey's 
Crossroads, April 15, and did regular service until during the Second 
]>attle of Bull Run where he received gunshot in left leg below the 
knee, slight scalp wound, slight wound in right shoulder, and wound 
from buckshot in right knee ; fell into the hands of the enemy ; 
paroled at Centerville and sent to F.airfax Seminary Hospital, and to 
Hammond General Hospital, Point Lookout, Md., November 20, 
1862 ; discharged for disability from wounds, April 6, 1863 ; re en- 
listed at Norwich, January 6, 1864, in Company 1, Third New York 



War of the EEBELLiOif. 241 

Cavalry ; joined the regiment at Portsniontli, Va.; did regular dntj 
until ruptured at Johnson's Farm ; treated and cured at regimental 
hospital ; served regularly thereafter until discharged with his regi- 
ment, N'ovember 28, 1865; Jefferson, JN. Y. ; farmer; married. 
Children, Annie E., Ada S., Willie E. 

John P. Lambert. 

Jefferson — Mason ; married ; age 35 ; enlisted September 10, 
1861 ; served as principal musician during part of his term ; re-en- 
listed September, 1864, and detached on special duty at Hart's Island, 
N. Y.; discharged at the close of the war; died, leaving a widow 
and children, Frank, Kate, Abbie, Mary, William, Libbie, Lillie, 
Ilattie. 

COMPANY F. 

Alvin Russel. 

Middlehurg — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted March 3, 1S64 ; 
took part in the engagement of April 2, before Petersburg ; dis- 
charged with his regiment at Richmond, Va., June 30, 1865 ; Frank- 
linton, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. 

E. D. Childs, Second Lieutenant. 

Jcff'erson — Clerk; single; age 21; enhsted in May, 1861, in 
Captain Van Buren's Engineer Company of the Twentieth New 
York Militia and served until discharged by expiration of term ; en- 
listed again, January 4, 1864, in Company F, Fifteenth Regiment 
New York Heavy Artillery, and served regularly until discharged 
as second lieutenant in August, 1865 ; Stanton, Mich. ; single ; 
salesman. 

ElGHTY-FIKST NeW YoRK InFANTRY 

was recimited from Oswego and Oneida counties, and left the State 
in February, 1862, serving through the Peninsula campaign, and 
afterward returned to Yorktown under Keyes. It joined Foster's com- 
mand in North Carolina in December, 1862, and served at Beaufort 
and Morehead City for several months. In November, 1863, it was 
stationed on^ out-post duty along the Dismal Swamp canal, Va. The 
regiment re-enlisted March, 1864, and took its veteran furlough ; re- 
turning to Yorktown, it was assigned to the First Brigade, First 
Division of the Eighteenth Army Coi'ps. At the battle of Cold 
Harbor it sustained the greatest loss, according to the number en- 
31 



242 Schoharie County Veterans. 

gaffed, of any infantry regiment in the field. After tlie dismember- 
ment of the Eighteenth Corjxs, the Eiglity-tirst was assigned to the 
Twenty-fourth Army Corps ; mustered out of service August 21, 
1865. Engagements : Fair Oaks, Seven Days' Battles, Swift Creek, 
Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, Chapin's Farm, 
Darbytown Road. Killed and mortally wounded, one hundred and 
forty-two ; died of disease, etc., ninety-seven. — Fox's Losses. 

COMPANY E. 

Sables Davis, Son of 1812, and Grandson of 1776. 

Central Bridge — Hotel-keeper's son ; single ; age 26; enlisted at Wa- 
terville, N. Y.; served through the Peninsula campaign ; contracted 
fever at Harrison's Landing ; treated at Fortress Monroe ; furloughed 
home ; rejoined his regiment at St. Helena Island ; served at James 
Island, Ncwberne, Northwest Landing, Bermuda Hundred, Weldon 
railroad and Cold Harbor, where he was injured by a piece of rail 
from a shell explosion ; sent to Harwood Hospital for treatment, June 
10, 1864; discharged November 21, 1864; Central Bridge, N. Y.; 
fisherman ; married. 

Eighty-sixth New York Infantry. 

Organized September, 1861 ; re-enlisted and served through the 
war ; it was assigned to Birney's Division of the Third Corps. 

COMPANY D. 

William E. Stewart. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single ; age 15 ; enlisted September lY, 1861, 
at Elmira, New York ; contracted measles at that place; treated for 
two months ; rejoined his regiment at Washington, November 25 ; 
served regularly with his regiment until detaclied for service in Tenth 
New York Battery ; rejoined his regiment just previous to the battle 
of Gettysburg, at which time he was slightly wounded by gunshot 
on the head at the " Wheat field ; " rejoined his regiment on the 
fourth day ; served regularly imtil discharged for expiration of term ; 
re-enlisted February 4, 1864, in the Twelftli New York Independent 
]>attery and did full service from the Wilderness to Appomattox ; 
442 Third street, N. E., Wasliington, 1). C; builder ; married. Chil- 
dren, Anna I., Lyell R. 



War of the Rebellion. 24:3 

Eighty-seventh N'ew York Infantry. 
Organized October, 1861, and assigned to Kearney's Division of 
the Third Corps ; it took part in the Peninsnhi campaign and served 
under Pope in Virginia; in September of 1862 its remaining mem- 
bers were transferred to the Fortieth JSTew York. 

COMPANY C. 

James Tanner, Corporal. 

Richmpndville — Teacher; single; age 17; enlisted October, 
ISOl ; present at tlie Siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, 
Seven Days' fight before Richmond and Malvern Hill ; was in 
Pope's campaign at the battle of Second Bull Run, where he was 
wounded, August 30, 1862, by a piece of shell, which necessitated 
amputation of both legs, four inches below the knee ; fell into the 
hands of the enemy and lay in the Van Pelt house and yard for ten 
days ; then paroled and taken to Fairfax Seminary Hospital, and 
five weeks later taken to his home in Schoharie county ; discharged 
October 15, 1863; Georgetown, D. C; attorney and lecturer; 
married. Children, Ada, Antoinette, James A., Earl W. 

John Ostrander, 

Summit — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 17, 1861, 
at New York city ; did full service until wounded at the Seven Days' 
fight ; after recovery he rejoined his regiment, re-enlisted at the 
expiration of his term, received his " veteran furlough " and visited 
his friends at home ; rejoined his regiment; was instantly killed at 
the battle of the Wilderness, while standing on the breastworks, 
defying the enemy. 

Orren B. Treadwell. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 22 ; enlisted October 16, 1861; 
served regularly with his regiment from Yorktown to Bottoms 
Bridge, where he contracted heart and lung trouble ; treated at 
Harrison's Landing and Sonth Street Hospital, Philadelphia ; dis- 
charged for disability, August 23, 1862; Jefferson, N. Y. ; restau- 
ranter; married. 

Anson Hynds. 

Seioard — Painter ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted November 11, 1861, 
at New York city ; contracted typhoid fever at Fair Oaks, Va.; 
treated at White House Landing and at Baltimore, Md.; discharged 
1862; Hyndsville ; citizen; married. 



244 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Silas Shumway, Corporal. 

Seward — Fanner ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted September 23, 1861 ; 
killed at Fredericksburg, Deceniljer 13, J 862. 

James C. Jaycox. 

BiGhmondville — Fanner; single; age 19 ; enlisted October 10, 
1861 ; contracted measles at New York cit}' in December following ; 
rejoined his regiment at Washington, December 17 ; was accident- 
ally shot bj blank cartridge behind the ear at Alexandria, Va., 
March 16, 1862, and treated at regimental hosjjital ; wounded by gun- 
shot in right leg at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862 ; taken 
prisoner and confined in Libby prison until January 19, 1863 ; 
paroled at City Point ; treated at Annapolis for wound and gangrene ; 
treated at Baltimore for reopening of wound and a second attack of 
gangi-ene ; transferred from Baltimore to New York city, and to 
Albany, remaining unfit for field service, until discharged by reason 
of expiration of term, October 21,1864; Bennett's Mills, Ocean 
county, N. J.; farmer ; married. 

Levi Sperbeck. 

Summit — Laborer; single; age 21; enlisted October 10, 1861; 
contracted fever in Chickahominy Swamps; treated at Chesapeake 
Hospital, Fortress Monroe, Ya.; discharged for disability, November 
17, 1862 ; re-enlisted in Company — , Third New York Volunteer 
Cavalry, October 14, 1863, and served regularly until discharged, 
Se])tember 11, 1865; Cooperstown, N. Y. ; laborer; widower. 
Children, Elizabeth, Arthur, Flora, Isaac, James, Charles. 

Harvey Benjamin. 

Richmondville — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted October 18, 
1861; contracted measles at New York (Mty ; rejoined his regi- 
ment at Washington ; suffered a relapse from taking cold; remained 
with his regiment unfit for duty until transferred to hospital and 
discharged for disability; 56 Jane street, New York city; milk 
peddler; married. Children. George, Mamie. 

Henry C. Gardner. 
Summit — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted October 18, 1861 ; 



NoTK. — The muster- rolls of the Eighty-seventh are not on file in the office of 
the adjutant-general, and for that reason 1 am unable to obtain the dates lacking 
in the foregoing records of Company C. 



War of the Kebellion. 245 

served regularly until killed at Gettysburg by gunshot tlirougli the 
bowels. — Roll of Honor. 

Nicholas Hilton. 

Se\0(.ird — Fanner; single; age 28; enlisted September, 1861; 
served ur)til discharged by general orders; died March 12,1871, 
leaving a widow and children, May, Charles. 

Eighty-ninth New York Infantry. 
Organized in December, 1861 ; assigned to Rodman's Division 
of the Ninth Corps ; re-enlisted at the end of its term and served 
through the war. 

COMPANY K. 

Eseck Welch. 

Wright — -Laborer; single; age 18; enlisted September 28, 
1861 ; re-enlisted in same organization, January 5, 1864, and dis- 
charged with his regiment near Alexandria, Va., August 3, 1865 ; 
Roulette, Potter county. Pa.; laborer; married. Daughter, Lucy 
May. 

Harvey Welch, 

Wright — Laborer; single; age 18 ; enlisted November 25 1861 ; 
contracted diarrhea; furloughcl home ; died July 17, 1864. — M. B. 

Ninetieth New York Infantry. 
Organized December, 1861 ; assigned to D wight's Division of 
the Nineteenth Corps ; re-enlisted and served until the end of the 
war. 

COMPANY B. 

Ephraim Mead. 

Summit — Faruier; single; age 22; enlisted ; wounded 

in the arm by gunshot at the battle of Cedar Creek ; died in hos- 
pital at Philadelphia, May 5, 1865. — Toion Record. M. 

Ninety-first New York Infantry. 
Was organized in the fall of 1861, with head-quarters at Albany, 
N. Y. It left that city on the 20th day of December, and landed at 
Governor's Island, New York, and embarked from that place on the 
steamer "Ericsson," for Key West, Fla. The regiment remained at 
Key West on garrison duty until May 20, when it embarked on 



24G Schoharie County Veterans. 

the steamer '' Philadelphia " for Peiisacola. From Peiisaeola it was 
transferred to New Orleans, and afterward to Baton Rouge and 
Bajou Teche. Served in the Teche country under General Wetzel 
until May of 1863, when it joined the Union forces in the siege of 
Port Hudson. After the surrender of tliat place in July, the regi- 
ment returned to Donaldsonville, where it look a hand in sending 
Dick Taylor to the " right al)out." "Returned to Camp Parapet, and 
from there to Brashear City, where it remained through the winter 
of 1863 and 1864. On the 1st of December about two-thirds of the 
regiment re-enlisted. In May, 1864, the regiment was sent to Fort 
Jackson below New Orleans, and remained until July 12, when those 
members who had re-eidisted came home on veteran furlough via 
Cairo, 111. At the expiration of their furlough they reported at 
Albany and were ordered to Fort McHenry, Baltimore. During 
the months of August, September and October, a large number of 
recruits w^ere enrolled for the regiment. The regiment remained at 
Fort McHcnry until February 8, 1865, when all but Comi)any E 
embarked by steamer for City Point, and became a part of the army 
under General Grant, and participated in the battles of Gravelly 
Run, Five Forks and South Side railroad. As an organization, it 
was dischai'ged from the United States service, June 10, 1805, and 
its members were mustered out a few weeks later at Albany. But 
few men from Schoharie county enlisted at the organization of the 
regiment in 1861, but under the calls of 1864 a large number were 
enrolled, notably in Company B. Colonel Fox gives the total deaths 
in the regiment as two hundred and ninety-eight, of which num- 
ber one hundred and thirteen "were killed or died of wounds. 

COMPANY A. 

John Berner. 

Schoharie — Sawyer ; married ; age 36 ; enlisted August 30, 1864; 
joined the regiment at Fort McHenry ; served on detached guard 
duty at Forts McHenry and Marshall; discharged May 29, 1865 ; 
Schoharie, N. Y. ; sawyer; widower. Children, Abner, Russel, 
Charles, Wellington, Frank, Lottie. 

Benjamin I. Borst. 

Schoharie — Single ; ago 16; enlisted August 29, 1864; served 
with the regiment two months ; detailed for hospital duty, and dis- 
charged June 10, 1S65.— J/. R. M. 



War of the Rebellion. 247 

Felix Turk. 

Schoharie — Age 25 ; enlisted September 13, 1864; discharged 
June 10, 1865.— M. R. M. 

James Swarthout. 

Middleburg — Single; age 18 ; enlisted September, 1861 ; died 
at Key West, Fla. — Town Record. Not found on M. R. 

COMPANY B. 

J. Harvey Brown. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; married ; age 25 ; enlisted September 18, 
1861 ; wounded by gunshot in the thumb at the assault on Port 
Hudson ; died of paralysis, caused by a poison communicated by the 
bullet, at Brashear City, La., October 16, 1863. 

Amasa J. Spaulding, First Lieutenant. 

Sununit — Tinsmith ; married ; age 26 ; enlisted as a private, Sep- 
tember 25, 1861 ; did regular service until the end of the war and 
was promoted from private through the several grades to first lieu- 
tenant; here-enlisted with his regiment at Fort Jackson, February, 
1863 ; and was discharged July 5, 1865 ; Pinos Altos, N. M.; hotel- 
keeper; married. 

James E. Howie, Brevet Second Lieutenant. 

Summit — Citizen; single; age 21 ; enlisted October 14, 1861; 
excepting an attack of malarial fever, did regular service until tlie 
close of the war ; re-enlisted with his regiment and came home on 
veteran furlough in the summer of 1864 ; discharged July 3, 1865 ; 
San Jose, Cal.; orchardist ; married. Children, Leona, Lucy A., 
Carlton E., James E., Jr. 

Jacob H. Taber, Sergeant, Grandson of i8i2. 

Summit — Citizen ; single ; age 17 ; enlisted September 10, 1861; 
served in line of duty until attacked by malarial fever and sent -to 
hospital at Pensacohi, Fla. ; rejoined his regiment after five or six 
months' treatment and did full service until the end of the war, when 
he again contracted fever; soon after the surrender of Lee, left his 
regiment at Fredericksburg and was sent to Augur General Hospi- 
tal, and from there to Chestnut Hill, Pa.; rejoined his regiment at 
Balls Cross Roads, Va., and discharged with his regiment, June 10, 



248 Schoharie County Veterans. 

1865 ; Cecilia, Hardin county, Kv.; railroad conductor ; married. 
Children, George H., Lola 11, Carol A. 

Robert Salisbury. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted October 14, 1861 ; 
served regularly until injured at the hip, at Bayou Beth, La., and 
sent to New Orleans for treatment ; contracted diarrhea and was dis- 
charged from New Orleans by surgeon's certificate of disability, 
September 27, 1863; died August 16, 1880, leaving a widow and 
son, John. 

Ezekiel Buck. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single ; age 19; enlisted C)ctober J4, 1861- 
served regularly until the march to Alexandria, La., when he was 
run over by an ambulance and sustained a fracture of the left leg 
and ankle ; sent to Brasliear City Hospital, May 11, 1863; was cap- 
tui-cd at that place, June 22, and paroled ; sent to New Orleans, 
July 4, and to Ship Island ; joined his regiment at *' Camp Parapet,"' 
New Orleans, August 20, and exchanged at Brasliear City in Decem- 
ber following, and served until after re-enlistment, when he received 
veteran furlough, July 10, 1864; rejoined his regiment at Fort 
McHein-y, Baltimore, August 20 ; was furlouglied liotne in Decem- 
ber following ; taken sick and sent to Albany Hospital, April 1, 
1865 ; mustered out with his regiment at Albany in July ; East 
Worcester, N. Y.; farmer; married. 

Charles Brown. 

Summit — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted October 16, 1861; 
died at Key West, Fla. 

Henry Eggleston. 

Jefferson — Farmer : married ; age 32 ; enlisted January 1, 1861: 
contracted diarrhea and piles at Brasliear City and received hospital 
treatment for three weeks; rejoined his regiment at the same place; 
contracted rheumatism at Pensacola, Fla., and rejoined his regiment 
at Baton Rouge ; re-enlisted and came home on veteran furlough ; 
was discharged for disability at Albany; Middleburg, N. Y.; 
laborer; widower. Children, Geoi-ge, Loanda, Viola, Julia. 

William Gallagher. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 36 ; enlisted October 5, 18(il ; 
re-enlisted and discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; during 



War of the Eeuelliok. Ji49 

his service with the Ninety-first lie took part in all its movements and 
engagements; while at Fort Mcllenry he contracted chills and fever ; 
after the close of the war he enlisted in Ordnance Corps of the 
Regular Army at Troy, N. Y., for three years ; after serving the term, 
he enlisted in May, 1SG9, hi Company A, Twenty-second Infantry, 
United States Army, for five years, and was discharged November 
5, 1874 ; died at the Soldiers' Home at Bath, N. Y., December 23, 
1889. 

David Truax. 

Summit — Carpenter ; married ; age 29 ; enlisted October 1-1, 

1861 ; contracted typhoid fever at Key West, Fla., and sent to Gen- 
ei-al Hospital, April 30, 1862 ; discharged for disability, July 27, 

1862 ; enlisted again in Company B, Twenty-first regiment Veteran 
Reserve Corps; discharged November 14, 1865 ; Mead City, Kan.; 
farmer; married. Children, Stillman, Cora A., John T., Bessie 
M., Frank II. 

Wesley Spore. 

Jefferson, — Laborer ; married ; age 28 ; enlisted 1861 ; contracted 
asthma at Key West, Fla., and dischai-ged for disability, March 3, 
1862 ; Jefferson ; farmer ; married. Daughter, Annie. 

Heman Eggleston. 

Jefferson — Cooper ; married ; age 34 ; enlisted October IS, 1861 ; 
contracted inflammation of the lungs at Albany, and mumps at New 
York city, leaving each place with his regiment ; contracted typhoid 
fever at Key West ; went with his regiment to Pensacola ; sent to 
hospital at Fort Pickens ; discharged for disability, August, 1862 ; 
Charlotteville, N. Y. ; farmer. Children, Folletta, Francis, Am- 
brose. 

Moses Terpenning, Sergeant, Grandson of i8i2. 

8umm.it — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted September 10, 1861 ; 
contracted measles at Albany, November 15; rejoined his regiment, 
November 26 ; contracted typhoid fever at Key West, Fla., April 
28, 1862; rejoined his regiment, June 20 ; did full service with his 
regiment until June, 1864, when he contracted intermittent fever at 
Fort Jackson, La. ; left Fort Jackson Hospital, on veteran furlough, 
July 8 ; detained in hospital at Cairo, 111., for ten days ; rejoined bis 
regiment at Fort McHenry at expiration of furlough, and served in 
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250 Schoharie County Veterans. 

line of regular duty until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; Snyders, 
Jackson county, Mich. ; farmer ; married. Daughter, Nettie May. 

Reuben Hicks, Sergeant. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age 23 ; enlisted October 14, 18GI; 
served until the close of the war, throe years and four months ; was 
promoted to corporal and to sergeant ; discharged with his regiment, 
June 10, 1805 ; Sokliers' Home, Bath, N. Y. ; single. 

Jeremiah Wayman. 

Summit — Laborer; single; age 19; enlisted October 19, 1861 ; 
was accidentally shot while on a foraging expedition in southern Ala- 
bama, December 25, 1862. 

Wellington Johnson. 

Summit — Laborer; single; age 19 ; enlisted October 14, 1861; 
contracted typhoid fever, and died at Pensacola, Fla., August 8, 
1862. 

Joseph Hetherington. 

Jefferson — Shoemaker ; single; age 30 ; enlisted October 14, 1861; 
contracted dropsy of the legs at Key West, and died ; buried at that 
place. 

Alexander Schermerhorn. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age — ; enlisted 1861; contracted 
measles arid died at Albany, in the same year. 

Henry Bice. 

Fulton — Farmer; married ; age 35 ; enlisted October 26, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Fort Henry ; wounded at Hatcher's Run ; 
died in hospital at Washington, June 5, 1865 ; buried in Arlington 
Cemetery. Children, Julia A., Harvey, Ida, Seymour, Ellsworth. 

David Morris. 

Summiit — Tailor ; married ; age — ; enlisted September 7, 1864 ; 
joined the regiment at Fort McHenry ; wounded at Hatcher's Run 
by gunshot in upper part of right thigh ; sent to City Point, and to 
Lincoln Hospital, Wasiiington ; furloughed home, and discharged 
at Albany; died at Charlutteville, N. Y., November 22, 1888, 
leaving a widow and children, Sarah, Paulina, son William died in 
the service. 



War of the Rebellion. 251 

William Morris, Musician, 

Suinmit — Student ; single ; age 10 ; enlisted September 7, 1864 ; 
joined the regiment at Fort McHenry, and served in line of duty 
until " The Grand Review," when he contracted typhoid fever, and 
died at Fairfax Seminary Hospital, Va., May 31, 1865; buried at 
Charlotteville, N. Y. 

Peleg Taber, Grandson of i8i2. 

Srimtnit — Farmer; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 25, 1864 ; 
discharged June 10, 1865 ; Charlotteville, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. 
Children, Maggie, Etta, Jennie, Charles. Adelbert, Orrin, Mamie, 
Anna B. 

Sylvester Truax. 

Summit — Carpenter ; married ; age 37 ; enlisted August 30, 1 864 ; 
joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; served in line of duty, and 
special duty as carpenter at that place ; served in line of regular duty 
in the field until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Char- 
lotteville, N. Y.; farmer ; widower. Children, Julia, Chapman, James, 
David, Homer, Axie, Ansel, Isaac, Flora. 

David Lincoln. 

Summit — Farmer ; married ; age 32 ; enlisted September 5, 1864 ; 
joined the regiment at Fort McHenry ; served in line of full duty 
until after the surrender of Lee ; contracted diarrhea at Black and 
White Station, Va., and died of typhoid fever at Carver Hospital, 
Washington, May 17, 1865, leaving a widow and daughter Flora. 

John Bradley. 

Richmondinlle — Farmer ; married ; age 44 ; enlisted September 
8, 1864; joined the regiment at Fort McHenry and did regular ser- 
vice until wounded at Hatcher's Run by gunshot through heel and 
instep ; died of inflammation of wound in hospital at Washington, 
April 19, 1865. Children, George, Lving, Philander, Elizabeth A., 
Isaac. 

Hiram Jeffers. 

Summit — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted September 8, 1884 ; 
joined the regiment at Fort McHenry ; did regular service until after 
the engagement at Hatcher's Run where he contracted rupture while 
building breastworks ; did regular service two weeks later and until 
discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865; Charlotteville, 



252 Schoharie County Veterans. 

N. Y.; fanner; married. Children, Isaac, Nellie A., George H., 
Alfred. 

James H. Hubbard. 
Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted August 19, 186-1 ; 
joined his regiment at Fort McIIenrj ; contracted measles at that 
post ; after recovery did full service in line of duty until discharged 
with regiment, June 10, 1865 ; was sick at Albany, while waiting 
muster out, for two weeks; Jefferson, N. Y.; hotel-keeper; mar- 
ried. Children, Lillian, Robert. 

Reuben Craft. 
Jefferson — Farmer ; married ; age 41 ; enlisted September 2, 1864 ; 
joined the regiment at Fort McHenry ; while doing guard duty at 
that post ho fell from the parapet and was contined in the Post Hos- 
pital for about four weeks, under treatment for injury ; rejoined his 
company and did full service until after the surrender of Lee ; came 
to Washington by " surgeons' pass ;" discharged from Carver Hos- 
pital by general order telegram ; Jefferson, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. 
Children, Mariette, LaFayette, Leroy, Wesley, Fenton. 

Edwin Truax. 

Jefferson — Carpenter ; married ; age 41 ; enlisted September 17, 
1864; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry, and served in line of 
regular duty until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1864; died 
May 10, 188i3, leaving a widow and children, Sarah, Joseph, Edwin, 
Mary. 

Levi G. Wayman. 

SiiTnmit — Farmer ; single ; age 22; enlisted August 80, 1864; 
contracted diarrhea and rheumatism; furloughed home for thirty days; 
returned to duty after about six weeks' medical treatment, and did 
regular service until discharged with his regiment. June 10, 1865; 
died July 23, 1885, leaving a widow, since died, and sons, Silas, 
Burton. 

Ezra A. Buck. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 19 ; enlisted August 10, 1865 y 
joined the regiment at Fort McHenry ; died December 14, 1864. 

Sylvester Shumway, 
Richmondville — Fannei- ; single ; age 2o ; ioiued the regiment at 
Fort McHenry; contracted diarrhea, April 20, 1865 ; sent to City 
Point Hospital und to Stanton Hospital, Washington ; discharged by 



War of the Remellion. 253 

special orders, July 15, 1865 ; West Riehnioiidville, N. Y.; farmer; 
married. Children, Ag-nes A., George, William. 

James Wharton. 

Richmondville — Carpenter; married; age 21 ; enlisted August 
29, 1864 ; killed by gunshot at battle of Five Forks, Va., near Ford's 
Mill; widow remarried. 

John B. Cross. 

Wright — Laborer ; married ; age 39 ; enlisted August 8, 1864; 
joined the regiment at Fort McHeiiry ; did regular service until after 
the surrender of Lee; contracted diarrhea, April 20, 1865; treated 
in hosjjital at Arlington Heights ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; Gallup- 
ville, N. Y. ; married ; laborer. Children, Sarah, Menzo, Hiram, 
Harriet, Elizabeth, Effie, Cordelia, Ehner, Magdalen, Martha, John, 
Mereness. 

Walter Wheeler. 

Jefferson — Painter ; married ; age 87 ; enlisted October 19, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; i-eceived gunshot wound in 
right temple at battle of Five Forks, Va.; discharged from Harwood 
Hospital by surgeon's certificate of disability, June 26, 1865 ; died 
June 25, 1886, leaving a widow and children, Samantha A., Har- 
mon E., Mary A., Stella E., Walter J. 

John R. Meek. 

Smwmit — -Farmer; married ; age — ; enlisted August 30, 1864; 
joined the regiment at Fort McHenry, and did regular service until 
the surrender of Lee ; contracted diarrhea, and transferred at Man- 
chester, Va., to Harwood Hospital, Washington, and to Whitehall, 
Pa.; discharged May 29, 1865; Summit, N. Y. ; farmer; widower. 
Children, Elizabeth B., Daniel W., George O., Grant L. 

Avery Roe. 

Summit — Farmer ; married ; age 27 ; enlisted August 30, 1864 ; 
served in line of regular duty until discharged with his regiment, 
June 10, 1865 ; died 1887, leaving a widow and children, Lucy A., 
George B., Silvie G., Hanna E., Leonard W., Silas P., Smith L. 

Charles Fox. 

Summit — Farmer ; married ; age 35 ; enlisted August 30, 1864; 
joined the regiment at Fort McHenry ; contracted rheumatism ; 
discliarged with the regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Summit, N. Y. ; 



354 Schoharie County Veterans. 

fanner ; man-iod. Children, Nicholas, Mary E., Franklin, Margaret, 
Ella, Frederick, Erskine, Lula. 

George W. Baird. 
Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 38; enlisted August 30, 1864; 
joined the regiment at Fort McHenry ; contracted rheumatism at 
Hatcher's Run and sent to Field Hospital at City Point, to Washing- 
ton and to Philadelphia; rejoined his regiment at Arlington Heights; 
discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; South Jefferson, 
N. y.; farmer; married. Children, Alice M., Mattie. 

Jonas Sagendorf. 

Schoharie — Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted September 3, 
1864 ; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry, where he contracted 
measles and was sent to hospital ; rejoined his regiment and did full 
service in line of duty until discharged by general orders, June 10, 
1865; West Berne, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Ora, 
Laurens, Amy E. 

Alonzo Barton. 

Schoharie — Miller ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September 2, 
1864 ; did i-ogular service until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; Geneva, 
N. Y.; miller ; married. Children, Melvine, Nora, James. 

Melvin Mereness. 

Shai'on — Carpenter; single; age 25; enlisted August 26, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Fort McHenry and did full service until dis- 
charged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Sharon Centre, N. Y.; 
laborer ; single. 

Lyman D. Mereness. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 17; enlisted August 1, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; served on detail until the 
beginning of the spring campaign, and did full service thereafter ; 
slightly wounded at the battle of Five Forks ; discharged with his 
regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Sharon Spa, N. Y.; merchant ; married; 
Son, Cliarles. 

Madison Rockerfeller. 

Summit — Laborer ; married ; age 28 ; enlisted August 29, 1864 ; 
discharged June 10, 1865 ; died since, leaving a widow and daugh- 
ter, Clara. 

Harmon Lape. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age 27; enlisted August 30, 1864; 



Wak of the Rebellion. 255 

served in line of regular duty until discharged, June 10, 18<i5 ; 
Richmondville, N. Y.; laborer ; married. Children, Arthur, Va- 
letta, Vina, Bert, Sheridan, Minnie, John. 

Ebenezer Y. Rodman, 

Summit — Farmer ; married ; age 39 ; enlisted September 8, 1864 ; 
served in line of duty until he contracted' rheumatism and was sent 
to Fifth Corps Hospital at City Point, April 30 ; discharged with 
his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Union, Broome county, N. Y.; farmer ; 
married. Ciiildren, Benjamin, Culder, George, Sarah. 

Gideon Tabor, Grandson of 1812. 

Summit — Stage driver ; married; age 25; enlisted August 30, 
1864 ; served in line of duty until discharged with his regiment, 
June 10, 1865 ; Long Prairie, Minn.; farmer ; married. Children, 
Nellie, Lena, William, Stella. 

Albert Odell. 

Sum'mit — Cooper ; single ; age — ; enlisted September 5, 1864 ; 
discharged June 10, 1865; New York Mills; teamster; widower. 
Children, Effie, Francis, James. 

Stephen Mitchell. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age 31; enlisted August 30, 1861; 
contracted rupture at battle of Hatcher's Run ; discharged with his 
regiment, June 10, 1865 ; 5 Clinton street, Gloversville, N. Y.; tan- 
ning operative ; married. Children, Cora, Melvin, Hannah. 

Louis Becht. 

Summit — Mechanic ; mai-ried ; age 44 ; enlisted August 29, 
1864; discharged June 10, 1865. — Toion. Record. 

Joseph Fisher, 

Summit — Mechanic ; married ; age 40 ; enlisted August 25, 
1864 ; discharged June 10, 1865. — Town Record. M. 

Peter A. Wayman. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age 17; enlisted September 8, 1864 ; 
served regularly until the return to Washington, when he became 
disabled and was transferred at Petersburg to Belle View Hospital, 
Washington, whei'e he died in July, 1865. Roll of Honor says 
buried at City Point,'Grave 1152, and died May 12. 



■>b(i Schoharie County Veterans. 

Benjamin F. Bruce. 

Jefferson — Farmer; siugle : age 20 ; enlisted August y, 1864 ; 
joined his regiment at Fort McHeiiry, and did full service in line of 
duty until discharged, June 10, IS'IS. — M. 

Milo M. Lines. 

Jeferson — Carpenter; married; age 27 ; enlisted September 3, 
1864; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry and was detailed as 
carpenter in post shops until the regiment took the field ; did full 
service until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; .lefferson, N. Y. ; far- 
mer ; carpenter ; married. Children, Rosa, Carrie, Delos. 

David Y. Reed. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; married ; age 25 ; enlisted August 9, 1864 ; 
joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; absent from duty for two 
weeks under treatment for jaundice ; wounded by gunshot in right 
arm at Hatcher's Run ; treated at City Point, Finlay Hospital, 
Washington, and Whitehall, Pa.; discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., 
June 22, 1865; Jefferson, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, 
Frank D., Ettie E., Mattie F., Jennie. 

Charles Topping. 

Jefferson — Laborer; married; age 40; enlisted September 10, 
1865 ; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry and served in line of 
duty until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; died March 1, 1882, leaving 
a widow and children, Frederick, Francelia, James, Earle, Elipod, 
Leroy. 

Peter R. Dykeman. 

Jefferson — Carpenter; married; age 40 ; enlisted Septembers, 
1864; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; detailed as carpenter 
in post shops ; rejoined his regiment near Petersburg, March 19, 
1865, and did regular service until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; 
Jefferson, N. Y. ; carpenter ; married. Children, Mary, Fannie. 

Newton Hubbard. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 1 8 ; enlisted September 3, 1864 ; 
joined the regiment at Fort McHenry ; contracted fever and jaun- 
dice ; treated at City Point for three weeks, and rejoined his regi- 
ment on the Weldon railroad ; wounded by gunshot thi-ongh the 
thigh at Hatcher's Run ; treated at Emory Hospital, Wasldngton, 
and discharged June 10, 1865 ; Jefferson, N. Y. ; married ; farmer. 



War of the Kebellion. :^57 

Henry Roe. 

Fulton — Laborer ; married ; age 34 ; enlisted September 9, 
1864; discharged June 10, 1865; died January 29, 1886, of lung 
trouble, contracted in the service, leaving a widow. 

James Salisbury. 

Fulton — Farmer ; married ; age 29 ; enlisted September 3, 
1864: ; joined his regiineiit at Fort McIIenry, and served in line of 
regular duty until discharged, June 10, 1865; West Fulton, K. Y. ; 
farmer; married. Children, Jane L., William H., Charles S., Car- 
rie B., Annie, Ellen, Joanna. 

Elijah Hadsell. 

Richmondmlle — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September 2, 
1864 ; joined his regiment at Fort McFIenry ; contracted disease of 
the eye ; served regularly with the regiment in its engagements be- 
fore Petersburg, and was discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865; 
Richmondville, N. Y.; farmer ; married. Children, Carrie, Yan 
Wert, Libbie, Frank, Nellie, Cora, Luther, Orion. 

William Kennedy. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 24 ; enlisted September 3, 1864, 
at Albany; scrubbed barracks, graded grounds, and polished beans at 
Hart's Island for two or three weeks, and then joined his regiment 
at Fort McIIenry ; detailed as company clerk, and later as post adju- 
tant's clerk at brigade head-quarters ; rejoined his regiment in March, 
1865, and served in line of regular duty througli the Petersburg 
and Appomattox campaigns ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; Jefferson, 
N. Y.; farmer ; married. Children, Cora M., Koy D., Nellie D. 

Bradford Hogaboom. 

Wright — Farmer ; married ; age 45 ; enlisted August 22, 1864 ; 
discharged June 10, 1865 ; Union Centre, N. Y.; laborer; married. 
Children, Minor, Phoebe, Sarah, Philip, John, Mathias, George, 
Charles, Clarence. 

George W. Osborn. 

Richmondville — Carpenter ; married ; age 31 ; enlisted August 

29, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry, and served in line 

of regular duty until wounded by gunshot in left temple at the 

battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1805 ; he recovered reason after a few 

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258 Schoharie County Veterans. 

days" treatment in hospital and rejoined his regiment and remained 
on duty until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Monroe, 
Morton county, Minn.; farmer; married. Children, Julia L., Georgi- 
anna, Norma I., Friscilla I., Hattie, Cordelia. 

Jeremiah Zeh, Great-grandson of 1776. 

'Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted August 30, 1864, at 
Albany ; served on fatigue duty at Hart's Island for a week and 
then joined his regiment at Fort McIJenry ; detailed on detached 
duty, December, 1864, in guarding prisoners through Baltimore; 
afterward detailed to guard ferry trains and to arrest deserters at 
Havre-de-Grace; remained on such duty nntil his regiment joined 
the Army of the Potomac; participated in the engagements at Hat- 
cher's Run, Gravelly Run, and Five Forks, and all the movements 
of his regiment until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; while guarding 
prisoners through Baltimore, Private Zeh and Corporal Hix fired on 
an escaping prisoner, by orders, both balls taking effect with fatal 
results; Breakabeen, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Hattie, 
Annie, Eva, Guy, Julia, Carrie. 

Enos Y. Landis. 

Summit — Teacher ; single ; age 27 ; enlisted September 5, 1864 ; 
joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; detailed for the first six months 
of his service as clerk at brigade head-quarters under General W. W. 
Morris ; amoved with his regiment to before Petersburg ; wounded at 
Hatcher's or Gravelly Run at nine o'clock by gunshot entering the 
body near the spinal column and lodging in the right abdomen, where 
it still remains ; treated two days in Field Hospital, then removed to 
City Puint, thence to Washington, to Germantown, Pa., and to 
Mower General Hospital, Pa., and discharged June 13, 1865; 4241 
Wayne avenue, Philudelphia, Pa.; lithographer ; widower. Chil- 
dren, Mary G., Perry M. 

George A. Perry. 

Richmondville — Student ; single ; age 19; enlisted September 9, 
1864; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; served as clerk success- 
ively at company, regimental and brigade head-quarters ; ])articipated 
in all the movements of the regiment in the spring of 1805, and in the 
engagements of Gravelly Run and Five Forks; discharged with the 
regiment, June 18, 1865; Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.; teacher; 
married. Children, Ralph, Barton, Edward DeWolf. 



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Joseph Cross, Corporal. 

Wright — Laborer ; married ; age 33 ; enlisted October 4, 1861 ; 
re-enlisted and died of cliolera morbus at Cairo, 111., July 18, 1865, 
while on his way home on veteran furlough. Children, John, Wil- 
liam, Nelson, Chester, Missouri. 

James N. Boughton. 

Riclimondmlle — Mason ; married ; age 44 ; enlisted September 1 , 
1864; served regularly until discharged with the regiment, June 10, 
1865; Johnstown, N. Y. ; mason; married. Children, Selden E., 
died in the service; Ellen V., Eunice, Albert P. 

Gideon Dingman. 

Summit — Age 31 ; enlisted September 3, 1864 ; discharged June 
10, 1865.— Tbzwi Record. 31. 

James Burton. 
Blenheim — Farmer ; married ; age 35 ; enlisted September 8, 
1864 ; discharged June 2, 1865.— if. R. M. 

Elias Driggs. 

Broome — Farmer ; age 44 ; married ; enlisted September 2, 1864 ; 
died of diarrhea at Fort McHenry, November 11, 1864. — Town 
Record. 

David Richtmyer. 

Middlehurg — • Blacksmith ; married ; age 27 ; enlisted November, 
22, 186L ; re-enlisted ; discharged June 29, 1865.-3/. R. M. 

David W. Burton. 

Blenheim — Age 39 ; enlisted August 30, 1864; discharged June 
26, 1865.--J/. r] M. 

Ambrose Bremmer. 

Summit — Farmer ; married ; age 25; enlisted August 31, 1864; 
discharged June 10, 1865 ; died February, 1866, leaving widow and 
children, Elizabeth, Ambrose. 

COMPANY D. 

Henry Letcher. 

Schoharie — Single; age 16 ; enlisted November 9, 1861; did 
regular service ; re-enlisted and served in line of duty until discharged 
with his regiment, June 10, 1865. — Town Record. M. 



260 Schoharie Couxty Veterans. 

Albert D. Whitaker. 
Schoharie — Farmer ; single; age 17; enlisted October 11, 1864 ; 
discharged June 10, 1865. — Tow7i Record. M. 

Isaac Wiltey. 

Wright — Farmer ; single ; age 16; enlisted August 11, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Fort McHenry, and did full service in line of 
duty until discharged, May 17, 1865 ; Howe's Cave, N. Y.; married. 
Children, Dennison, Dora, Edward, Alvira, Ertha, Cleveland. 

John Relyea. 

Carlisle — Farmer; single; age 21 ; enlisted 1S61 ; contracted 
typhoid fever at Key West, Pla.; partially recovered, returned to 
duty, suffered a relapse, and died of ])rain fever, May 16, 1862. 

Theodore Barton. 

Schoharie — Age 15 ; enlisted August 13, 1864; discharged June 
10, 1865. —J/. R. M. 

Richard Gardner. 

Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted August 24, 1864 ; 
wounded April 1, 1865; discharged June, 1865.— J/. 7?. Died 
since. 

COMPANY E. 

James Taylor. 

Broome — Farmer; single ; age 25 ; enlisted Sei:)tember 2, 1864; 
served with the regiment at Fort McHenry, until detailed with his 
company for patrol duty in the city of Baltimore, and served on 
such duty until discharged, June 19, 1865 ; Oak Hill, Greene county, 
N. Y.; freighter ; married. Son, Seymour. 

Edward J. Simmons. 

Esperance — Mechanic ; married ; age 33 ; enlisted September 13, 
1864; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry and served with the 
regiment until detached with his compauy, March, 1865, for provost 
duty at Baltimore ; discharged June 19, 1865 ; Gloversville, N. Y.; 
mechanic ; married. Children, Maria, Win field, Oliver, Jennie, 
May, Edmund, William, Maggie. 



War of the Rebelliok. 261 

Seabury Tolls. 

Summit — Fanner ; age 20 ; single ; enlisted August 21, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Fort McHeury ; was detached with his com- 
pany for patrol duty at Baltimore, in March, 1865, and served in 
that line of duty nntil dischai-ged by special orders, June 19, 1865 ; 
Charlotteville, N. Y.; laborer ; married. Children, Lissa, George, 
Delia, Edwin, Eva. 

James Golden. 

Scholmi'ie — Cooper; single ; age 28 ; enlisted December, 1861 ; 
re-eidisted ; discharged July 3, 1865. — Town Record. M. 

Charles Johnson. 

Carlisle — Farmer; single; enlisted November 3, 1861; dis- 
charged at Key West, Fla., for disability, March 4, 1862, by surgeon's 
certificate ; enlisted at Schenectady, in Company F, Fourteenth New 
York Cavalry, November, 1863 ; captured and confined in Ander- 
sonville, from which place his mother received one letter, saying " I 
am a prisoner in Andersonville ;" not heard from afterward ; an ap- 
plication by his mother for bounty due him revealed the fact that 
he was rated on the records as a " deserter ;" deserters did not die in 
Andersonville, nor were they imprisoned there. 

COMPANY F. 

Henry Yansen, Great-grandson of 1776, and Grandson of 1812, 

Enlisted January 1, 1861 ; contracted typhoid fever at Key West, 
Fla. ; returned to dut}'- ; re- enlisted and served in the spring campaign 
of 1865 ; during an engagement, and while behind breastworks, a 
comrade called him a " coward ; " as his arm was raised above the 
breastwork, and exposed for an instant to the fire of the enemy, to 
resent the insult by a blow with his fist, it was hit by a Rebel bullet 
and amputation became necessary ; died of fever. May 6, 1865. — M. 
R. Buried at Arlington Cemetery. 

Jack Efner. 

Middleburg — Blacksmith; single; age 27; enlisted September 
1, 1861 ; taken prisoner at Convalescent Camp, Brashear Cit}', La.; 
paroled twelve days afterward, at Fayetteville ; rejoined his regi- 
ment at Camp Parapet ; re-enlisted on " Thanksgiving day," 1863, at 
Brashear City, and did full service in line of duty, until discharged, 
June 10, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y. ; blacksmith ; widower. Chil- 
dren, Fred, Rhoda. 



2G2 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Richard Patrick. 

CoUeskill — Fanner ; single : age 31 ; enlisted September 14, 
186-4; joined the regiment at Fort Mc Henry ; did guard duty at 
Frederick city and other places until the regiment was transferred 
to City Point; served in line of duty nntil discharged, June 10, 
1865; East Cobleskill,'N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Omer. 
Ada, Daniel, Bertha. 

Calvin Benedict. 

Schoharie — Age 34; enlisted September 3, 1864; discharged 
June 22, 1865.— Town Record. M. 

Daniel Denoyells. 

Middlehurg — Farmer ; married ; age 32 ; enlisted March 30. 

1864 ; discharged June 26, 1865.— M. R. 21. 

COMPANY H. 

Henry Andrews. 

Schoharie — Painter ; married ; age 34 ; enlisted March 20, 1864 ; 
joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; killed l)v gunshot through 
the body, at Sutherland Station, Five Forks; buried by his comrade 
David Dings; he left a widow and two children. 

David Dings. 

Sclioharie — Miller ; married; age 32; enlisted September 3, 1864 ; 
did full service until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; 
Grand Island, Neb.; manufacturer; married. Children, Myron, 
Mary, Alvin, Marshall, Lacy, Granville. 

Hiram Weidman. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; single ; age 19 ; enlisted September 15, 
1861 ;did full service during his term, and re-eidisted with his regi- 
mCTJt in 1864 ; contracted typhoid fever and diarrhea after the sur- 
render of Lee, and treated in sevei'al temporary hospitals, then sent 
to Campbell Hospital, from which he was discharged, August 13, 

1865 ; Esperance, N. Y.; carpenter ; married. Children, Sheridan, 
Julius, Charles, Emma. 

COMPANY T. 

Peter Denoyells. 
Middlehurg — Farmer; married ; age 26 ; enlisted September 14, 
1864 ; discharged June 10, 1865. — M. R. M. 



War of the Eebellion. 263 

company k. 
Jeremiah Maybee. 

Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted February 23, 1865 ; 
joined his regiment before Petersburg ; contracted throat and lung 
trouble ; treated at City Point, and discharged May 31, 1865 ; West 
Fulton, N. Y.; farmer ; man-ied. Children, Inez, Charles. 

Ezra J. H. Baird. 

Jef^e7'Son — Age 23; enlisted September 2, 1864; discharged 
June 21, 1865. —I'own Record. A. Maryville, Mo. 

Ninety-third New York Infantry. 
Organized at Albany in January, 1862, from companies raised prin- 
cipally in Washington county; the regiment left Albany, Februarj' 14, 
1862, and encamped on Riker's Island until March 7, when it removed 
to Washington, where it was assigned to Casey's Division, and em- 
barkedat Alexandria for the Peninsula campaign, March 30. It was 
detailed as head-quarter guard and retained in such service successively 
by Generals Hooker, Burnside and Meade. The regiment re-enlisted 
and came home on veteran's furlougli in Januarj^, 1864, and on its 
return was attached to Birney's Division, Second Army Corps, April 
19, 1864 ; it preserved its organization until the end of the war and 
was mustered out of the service, June 29, 1865. Engagements : 
Harrison's Landing, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Toto- 
potomoy. Cold Harbor, Petersburg 1864, Siege of Petersburg, Deep 
Bottom, Poplar Spring Church, Boydtown Road, Sailors' Creek. 
Killed and ujortally wounded, one hundred and twenty-six ; died of 
disease, etc., one hundred and twenty ; died in Rebel prisons, twelve. 
— Fox^s Losses. 

company e. 
Sylvanus Nelson. 

Wright — Single ; age lY ; enlisted November 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted 
at expiration of term and served until discharged with his regiment, 
June 29, 1865 ; Gloversville, N. Y.; tanner ; married. Children, 
Ella, Alice, Mary, Fannie, Lilah, Peter, Lottie. 

Martin Dykeman. 
Sum.tnit — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted 1863 ; died at 
David's Island, New York, May 22, 1863; buried at Cypress Hill 
Cemetery. 



264 Schoharie County Veterans. 

COMPANY E. 

Addison L. Fisher, Great-grandson of the Revolution. 

Schoharie — Fanner; single; age 16 ; enlisted January 23, 1862 ; 
did full service until wounded by gunsiiot in right arm, "Before 
Petersburg," June 17, 1861:; discharged June, 1865 ; Quaker Street, 
N. y.; farmer ; married. Children, Lucy S., Cornelia S., Clara P. 

William A. Hogan. 

Esperance — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted Januarj-^ 23, 
1862 ; did full service until wounded by gunshot in the right leg, 
during a skirmish, soon after the battle of Antietam ; treated at 
Lincoln Hospital, Washington ; rejoined his regiment at Culpeper 
C. H. ; at a time while " Before Petersburg " he was the only mem- 
ber of his company present for dutj^ and drew " company rations " 
for himself alone ; did full service until discharged, June 29, 1865 5 
Central Bridge, N. Y.; farmer ; married. Children, Peter I., Nancy 
E., Isaac E., Jacob, Katie. 

COMPANY G. 

Riley T. Schermerhorn, Lieutenant. 

Cobleshill — Clerk; single; age 20; enlisted under Colonel 
Crocker, ^vho was afterward the sheriff who hung Gniteau, January 
25, 1862 ; promoted to corporal, at Piker's Island ; contracted rheu- 
matism, and was discharged for disability after about nine months' 
service ; re-enlisted in the Seventh Heavy Artillery, in December 
of 1863; promoted to second lieutenant in 1864, and assigned to 
Company F, Sixth Heavy Artillery ; joined his regiment at Cedar 
Creek, October 20, 1864 ; wounded by gunshot at Spottsylvania C. 
H., sustaining loss of middle finger ; treated at Emory Hospital, 
Washington, for two months; mustered out at Petersburg, Va., and 
discharged at New York ; Cobleskill, N. Y. ; dealer ; married. 
Children, Howard C, Ida M. 

Ezra West. 

Wright — Single ; age 23 ; enlisted November 9, 1861 ; discharged 
for disability, April 26, 1862 ; re-enlisted in Company A, One Hun- 
dred and Seventy-seventh New York Infantry, October 27, 1862 ; 
served regularly until discharged with his regiment, September 10, 
1863; re-enlisted February 27, 1864, in Company D, Ninety-tirst 
New York Infantry, and served until mustered out, July 3, 1865; 
Gallupville, N. Y. ; laborer ; single. 



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George H. Duell. 

Wright — Farmer; single ; age 21; enlisted November, 1861; 
died on way home from Buffalo, N. Y., October 5, 1864. 

George A. Shafer. 

IF/'/^A// ^ Enlisted November 7, 1861 ; died at Yorktown, Va., 
May 1, 1862. 

COMPANY NOT GIVEN. 

Frank Bramen. 

Enlisted in August, 1862 ; died May, 1864. 

COMPANY H. 

Henry A. Plank, Sergeant. 

Wright — Tinsmitli ; single; age 21; enlisted for Company E, 
September 16, 1863; wounded by gunshot in lelt arm at the Wil- 
derness; transferred to Company H, March 1, 1865; discharged 
July 21, 1865 ; No. 18 Jiidson street, Albany, N. Y.; tinsmith ; 
married. Daughter, Nellie. 

COMPANY I. 

John A. Taggart, Sergeant. 

Wright — Single ; age 15 ; enlisted as a drummer, September 10, 
1861; promoted to corporal, January 2, 1865, and to sergeant, June 4, 
1865, " for meritorious conduct at Sailors' Creek ;" re-enlisted with his 
regiment; discharged June 29, 1865; Altamont, N. Y.; married; 
teamster. Children, Josephine, Maggie, and 6thers. , 

Ninety-fifth New York INFANTRY^ 

Albert H. Richards. 

Gonesville — Farmer ; single ; age — ; enlisted December 12, 1861 ; 
served with his regiment in the First and Third Corps; after the 
battle of Gettysburg came home on " captain's permit," rejoined his 
regiment, and was transferred to Company E, Forty-first New York, 
and with his regiment served in the department of South Carolina; 
at a date unknown he was taken prisoner and confined in Anderson- 
ville, where he died, August 14, 1864. 
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266 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Ninety-eighth New York Infantry. 

Organized January, 1802 ; assigned to Brooks' Division, Eigh- 
teenth Corps ; re-enlisted at the end of its term and served until the 
close of the war. 

COMPANY F. 

John H. Hiney, Corporal, Grandson of 1812. 

Oarlide —YiM-miiv ; Singh; age 22 ; enlisted December 4, 1861; 
was wounded May 30, 1863 ; wounded again by gunshot through 
tiie bowels, "Before Petersburg ;" removed to Hampton Roads,wliere 
he died, August 13, 1864 ; buried at Fortress Monroe, Hampton Cem- 
etery, Grave 720. 

One Hundredth New York Infantry. 

company' a. 
John H. Moak. 

Broome — Farmer : vsingle; age 16; enlisted October 7, 1864; dis- 
cliarged 1865 ; 40 Union street, Albany, N. Y.; truckman ; married. 

One Hundred and Second New York Volunteer Infantrv. 

The rendezvous of tliis regiment was established at " Quarantine 
Grounds," Staten Island, and afterward removed to " Camp Hill- 
house," Long Island. It was mustered into the United States ser- 
vice, December 20, 1861, and accredited as a New York city regi- 
ment, although many of its members wore residents of ditferent parts 
of the State. On arriving at Washington it was stationed, first, at 
Meridan Hill and afterward at Carver Harra(^ks, remaining at either 
place but a short time, then removing to Fort Carroll, where it re- 
mained until May, 1862. At the time McClellan evacuated Yorktown, 
and started on the Peninsula campaign, the One Hundred and 
Second was sent to Aquia Creek, and in the latter part of May it 
was transferred as part of the forces to reinforce Banks at Harper's 
Ferry. At that place the regiment assisted in hauling heavy guns 
into position on " Maryland Heights," for the purpose of supplying 
Stonewall Jackson with " dinner kettles." The regiment remained 
under Banks until after the battle of Chantilly ; it took part in all 
the movements of Geary's Division, Twelfth Corps of the Army of 
the Potomac, until that corps was transferred to Chattanooga, Tenn. 
It took part in the battle of Wauhatchie, in which the Union troops 



War of the ItEHELLioisr. 267 

were victorious, and as a result, coininunication became possible to 
the starving- troops of Thomas at Chattanooga. In the spring of 
1804 the One Hundred and Second became part of the Second 
Division of tlie Twentieth Corps, which had been formed by con- 
solidating the Eleventh and Twelfth, and took part in all the ups 
and downs — principally nps — of that corps, under Sherman, 
through Georgia, to Atlanta, to Savannah, through the Carolinas, 
and after the surrender of Johnson, to Washington, terminating a 
picnic of three years and four months in the Grand Review. In the 
winter of 1863 and 1864, while the regiment lay at Raccoon Moun- 
tain, the members re-enlisted as veteran volunteers, with but three 
or four exceptions. The One Hundred and Second was mustered 
out of the United States service at Arlington Heights, Va., July 24, 
1865, having been in the service three years, seven months and four 
days. From Arlington Heiglits the regiment returned to New York 
city, where the men were paid oft" and discharged. During its ser- 
vice it bore a part in the follovving engagements : 

Harper's Ferry, May 25, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9, 
1862 (in this engagement the One Hundred and Second suffered a 
loss of over iifty per cent of the number engaged); White Sulphur 
Spa, Ya., August 24, 1862 ; Chantilly, Va., September 1, 1862 ; 
Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862 ; Hillsborough, Va., October 
21, 1862; Berry ville, Va., December 2, 1862; Wolf Run Shoals, 
December 28, 1802 ; Ocquacan, Va., January, 1863 ; Chancellors- 
ville. May 2-3, 1863 ; Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-3, 1863 ; Wauhatchio, 
Tenn., October 29, 1863; Lookout Mountain, November 25, 1863; 
Pumpkin Vine Creek, Ga., November 26, 1863; Ringold, Ga., 
November 27, 1S63 ; Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May, 1864; Resaca, 
Ga., May 15, 1864 (in this engagement the One Hundred and Second 
captured four guns); Dallas, Ga., May 18, 1864; Lost Mountain, 
June 1 and 10, 1864; Pine Knob, Ga., Jnne 13 and 20, 1864; 
Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, 1864 ; Peach Tree Creek, Ga., 
July 20, 1864 ; Siege of Atlanta, July and August, 1864 ; Savannah, 
Ga., December, 1864; I')entonville, N. C, March 21, 1865. 

COMPANY F. 

William Disbro. 

Gilhoa — Laborer; single; age 19 ; died in hospital at Philadel- 
phia, November 11, 1862. — Town Record. 



268 Schoharie County Veterans. 

company i. 

Seth B. Merenes, Color Corporal. 

Sharon — Carpenter ; siiiirie ; age 16 ; enlisted September 29, 1861; 
participated in all the movements of his regiment and in tiie engage- 
ments at Harper's Ferry, Cedar Mountain, Chantilly, Antietam, 
Gettysburg, and " with Sherman to the Sea ;" discharged Jnly 24, 
1865 ; Ypsilanti, Mich.; carpenter ; married. Children, Harry S., 
Mattie E. 

Steuben Hotaling. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 17; enlisted October 14, 1861; 
received injury of the right foot and ankle, at Aquia Creek, May 15, 
1862, resulting in amputation of the leg ; treated at Douglass Hos- 
pital, Washington ; discharged for disability, June 3, 1863 ; amputa- 
tion necessary after discharged ; Syracuse, N. Y.; special pension ; ex- 
aminer; married. Children, Albert S., Hester B. 

James Bowie, a native of Scotland. 

Sharon — Farmer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted September 29, 1861; 
his comrades say he was a boy who knew nothing of fear in the pres- 
ence of the enemy, and was brave to a degree of rashness ; he was 
captured by Mosby's guerillas in the London valley in 1862, and 
paroled on the same day ; during a charge at Antietam he was in 
advance of his regiment ; he was killed at Gettysbui-g by a gunshot 
through both legs while carelessly exposing himself to the enemy's 
sliarpshooters ; Gettysburg National Cemetery, Grave 88. 

Jerome Snyder, Corporal. 

Sharon — Farmer; married ; age 19; enlisted October 14-, 1861 ; 
discharged for disability. May 13, 1862 ; dead. 

Morris Stafford. 

Sharon — Mechanic; age 20 ; enlisted September 8, 1861; dis- 
charged for disability. — M. R. 

John W. Hall. 

Sharon — Enlisted October 1, 1861 ; discharged, served two terms, 
—M. R. Dead. 



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Levi Bradt. 

Sharofi — Age 26; enlisted October 14, 1861; trunsfeiTed to 
Veteran Keserve Corps. — J/. B. Died in Bulfalo some years since, 
leaving a widow and son, Iva. 

Anthony Marshall. 

Sharon — Age 43 ; enlisted December 1, 1862; died at Armory 
Square Hospital, Washington, September 6, 1862. 

Daniel B. Tousley. 

Sharon — Painter ; single ; age — ; enlisted October 14, 1861 ; 
contracted disability froni fatigue and exposure, was treated in hos- 
pital for five months, and discharged for disability at Bedloe's Island, 
New York, January 20, 1863 ; died at Vineland, N. Y., October 5, 
1886, leaving a widow. 

Reuben Townsend. 

Sharon — Photographer; age — ; enlisted October 11, 1861; 
died at Carver Barracks Hospital, 1862. 

Albert Knapp. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 14 ; enlisted October 14, 1861; 
contracted dysentery at London Heights in 1863, and was treated in 
regimental hospital for a month ; slightly wounded by a gunshot in 
the neck at Gettysburg; re-enlisted at Wauhatchie, Tenn,, December 
30, 1863 ; did regular service in line of duty until discharged by 
general orders, July 21, 1865, at Alexandria, Va.; Abeline, Kan.; 
farmer ; married. Children, Setli M., M. Rosetta, Albert D. 

Stanton Lane. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 21 ; enlisted October 14, 1861, 
and did full service in hue of duty until killed at Antietara, Septem- 
ber 17, 18H2, by piece of exploding shell striking him on the left 
side of the head ; A ntietam Cemetery, Grave No. 141, Division A 
Section 25. 

H. M. Lawyer. 

Sharon — Age 42 ; enlisted October 14, 1861 ; discharged May 
13, 1862.— J/. R. M. 

William McCauley. 
Sharon — Age 15; enlisted October 14, 1861; transferred to 
Veteran Eeserve Corps, October 20, 1863. — M. R. M. 



270 Schoharie County Veterans. 

One IIundked and Seventh New York Infantry, 
company a. 

Nelson L. Palmatier. 

Schoharie — Farmer; married; enlisted August 5, lSf)2 ; slightly 
wounded in right arm and right hand at Gettysburg ; discharged 
June is, 1865; Howe's Cave, N. Y. ; operator in cement mills; 
uKU'i-ied. Children, Essie, Carrie, Maggie, Mary A., Warren, Maud. 

One Hdndeed and Ninth New Yokk Infantry. 

Organized August, 1802, for three years' service, and assigned to 
Wilcox's Division of the Ninth Corps; organized at Binghamton 
and mustered into service August 28 ; served on detail to guard 
railroad between Annapolis Junction and Washington, until spring 
of 1804-, when it joined its corps, and served from the Wilderness 
to the fall of Petersburg; mustered out June 4, 1865. — Fox. 

COMPANY c. 

Smith Kimball, Corporal. 

Schoharie — Weaver ; married ; age 23 ; eidisted August 14, 1863 ; 
promoted to corporal; discharged 1864. — M. R. M. 

One Hundred and Fifteenth New York Infantry. 

Raised from the counties of Saratoga, Montgomer}', Fulton and 
Hamilton, with rendezvous at Fonda, N. Y., from which place it 
started for the seat of war, August 29, 1862 ; received its arms and 
efpiipments at Sandy Hook, Md. It was one of the regiments cap- 
tured by Lee at Harper's Ferry at the time of his invasion of Mary- 
land in 1862. After })arole it was ordered to Chicago to await ex- 
change. During 1863 it was stationed at Hilton Head and Beaufort, 
S. C. From early February to April 15, 1864, it served in Florida, 
where it incurred a heavy loss at the battle of Olustee. On the 15th 
of April it sailed with the Tenth Corps for Virginia, where it joined 
the Army of the James. During the battle of Cold Harbor the One 
Hundred and Fifteenth was temporarily attached to the Eighteenth 
Army Corps. In the engagement at Darbytown Road it sustained 
its heaviest loss from a volley of musketry fired by the Ninth Maine 
through a mistake, and at Fort Fisher much of its loss was incurred 
by an explosion of the magazine on the day after the fort was cap- 



War of the Rebellion. 271 

tared ; mustered out June 17, 1865. Engagements: Harper's Ferry, 
Olustee, Lake City, Fla., Chesterfield Heights, Ya., Drewry's Bhiff, 
Proctor's Creek, Bermuda Hundred, Cohi Harbor, Siege of Petei-s- 
bnrg. Deep Bottom, Chapin's Farm, Darbytown Road, Fort Fisher. 

COMPANY B. 

Robert Kilts, Corporal. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted July 29, 1S62; was 
surrendered with his regiment by General Miles at Harper's Ferry ; 
exchanged after two months at Parole Camp, Chicago ; contracted 
diarrhea at Hilton Head, S. C, and discharged August 29, 1863 ; 
re-enlisted October 29, 1864, in Company B, One Hundred and 
Seventy-fifth New York Infantry, and discharged as corporal, July 
12, 1865; Seward, j^. Y. ; married; farmer. Children, Eugene, 
Carrie, Nellie, Flora. 

John W. Moak. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted August 14, 1862; 
became a paroled prisoner with his regiment ; was sick in City Hos- 
pital at Chicago while on parole ; discharged for disability at Beau- 
fort, S. C, August 29, 1868; Mount Yision, N. Y.; farmer; mar- 
ried. Children, May, Mina, Herbert. 

Edward Montanye. 

Esperance — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted ; paroled with his 

regiment at Harper's Ferry ; wounded at the battle of Olustee, Fla., 
by gunshot in right leg; received sunstroke before Petersburg and 
fell from the ambulance, while being taken to the hospital, and was 
run over, sustaining fractures of ribs ; discharged from Fort Colum- 
bus Hospital for disability ; Esperance, N. Y. ; citizen ; married. 
Children, William H., Addie E., Eva, Mary, Laura. 

COMPANY I. 

Sylvanus Moyer. 

Sharon — Carpenter ; married ; age 47 ; enlisted Au'^ust 4, 1862; 
paroled under General Miles at Harper's Ferry ; was killed at or 
near Chesterfield C. H., Ya., May 7, 1864. Children, Charles, 
Amenzo, Seymour H., Elizabeth. 



273 Schoharie County Veterans. 

One Hundred and Twkntietii New York Infantry, 
company d. 

John W. Murphey. 

Conesville — Unlisted Auo-ust 13, 1863; died May 24, 1864.— 
Toion Record. 

One Hundred and Twenty-first New York Infantry. 
Organized at Herkimer, from companies raised from Herkimer 
and Otsego counties ; mustered into the United States service, 
August 23,1802, and joined tlie forces under McClellan at Crampton's 
Ga]x The regiment became very efficient under the care of Colonel 
Upton, and was one of the twelve regiments led by him in the 
charge at S])ottsylvauia, the One Hundred and Twenty-first being in 
advance and losing forty-nine killed and . one liundred and six- 
wounded. Engagements : Fredericksburg, Salem Heights, Rappahan- 
nock Station, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, 
Hatcher's Run, Petersburg, 1865, and Sailors' Creek. — Fox. 

Jacob Salisbury. 

Seward — Mechanic; married; age 25; enlisted 1864; served 
continuously until he received sunstroke at the Grand Review ; dis- 
chai-ged by general orders ; Seward, N. Y. ; mechanic ; married. 

One Hundred and Twenty-third New York Infantry. 
Organized for three years' service, August, 1862, and assigned to 
Williams' Division of the Twelfth Corps. 

Benjamin Rodier. 

Schoharie — Single ; age 17 ; enlisted August 6, 1862 ; discharged 
June 10, 1865. — Town Record. 

One Hundred and Thirty-third New York Infantry. 
Organized September, 1862, and assigned to Dwight's Division 
of the Nineteenth Army Corps. 

COMPANY c. 

Silas W. Rider. 
Richmondville — Fanner; single; age 16 ; enlisted August 2, 
1864 ; contracted typhoid fever and was admitted to Hart's Island 
Hospital, September 9, and discharged from there, October 10 ; 



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joined his regiment, and detached for duty at First Division head- 
quarters ; rejoined his regiment at Washington, D. C, May 15, 1865; 
discharged bj' general orders, June 23, 1805; Charlotteville, ]^. Y. ; 
farmer; married. Children, William A., Lillian A., Flojd H. 

COMPANY E. 

Erastus Face. 

Gilhoa — Blacksmith ; single; age 16; enlisted September 30, 1864; 
died in service, December 15, 1864. — Town Record. 

COMPANY K. 

Delos D. Neers. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age IT; enlisted August 5, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Harper's Ferry, September 10, and served 
regularly until discharged at Washington, June 6, 1864; mustered 
out June 23 ; Portland, Ore.; architect; married. Children, Helen 
R., Harry W., Bessie L. 

George H. Terpenning. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age 17; enlisted August 5, 1864; 
contracted fever, and treated at Baltimore, Md.; joined his regiment 
near Winchester, Va. , and served regularly until discharged, June 
23, 1865 ; East Worcester, K. Y. ; farmer ; widower. Children, 
Louisa, Cornelius, Josephine, Jay, Frank, Delilah, Claud, George, 
Nora, Smith. 

One Hundred and Thirty-fourtu New York Volunteer 

Infantry. 

This regiment was raised under the call of July, 1862. It was 
at first proposed to recruit a regiment from Schoharie and Delaware, 
but for some cause the plan was abandoned — Delaware raising a 
regiment within her own county, and Schoharie uniting with Mont- 
gomery. The first enrollments were made during the last days of 
July. During the latter part of August, Companies A and B ar- 
rived from Schenectady, and "Camp Vedder" was established on 
what is now the " Fair Grounds," at Schoharie. Tents and barracks 
were provided, a few guns were furnished to familiarize " the brave 
volunteer who fought without fear," and ate his grub when he got 
it, with the symptoms of war. The men were arranged in strings 
and bunches for the market, and drilled in right and left-legged 
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274 Schoharie County Veterans. 

mysteries. The surgeon soon put his tactics into practice, and be- 
fore the middle of September a large number of the men had become 
familiar with the infantry quickstep and the cavalry trot. Enroll- 
ments continued until about the 20th of September, when most 
of the companies had attained their maximum number, and from 
such companies a few were transferred to such companies as had 
not attained tlieir minimum number. Of the ten companies, five — 
Companies C, D, E, G and I — wei-e raised from Schohai-ie. A few 
Montgomery county men were transferred to Company I and a few 
Schoharie county men were enrolled in Companies A, H, and K. 
Factional tights occurred between Frog Alley delegates and " Hay- 
seeds" fi'om Broome, Blenheim and Fulton, the former clan getting 
licked and jugged on each occasion. The regiment was mus- 
tered into the United States service, September 22, 1862, and on the 
day following passed through Albany, reacliing New York city on 
the morning of the 26tli, where it was quartered at Park Barracks. 
About thirty members of the regiment were left behind in hospital 
at Schoharie, joining their comrades in the field during the months 
of October, November and December following. After reaching 
Park Barracks, the boys were presented their Belgian rifles and 
military fixings. This rifle had the capacity to pump lead at the rate of 
one ounce per pump, and when it received its sabre bayonet extension, 
became more terrifying in appearance than the puny warrior who 
handled it. The bayonet of this gun had two prominent uses, the 
hilt making an admirable coffee and hard tack grinder ; and when 
carried in its scabbard on a drill or march, could trip and throw the 
careless son with a gun, nine times out of a possible ten. After a 
stay in New York of nearly two days the One Hundred and Thirty- 
fourth departed for Washington, breakfasting at the renowned 
" Cooper Shop" or Soldiers' Rest in Philadelphia, spending a night 
in Baltimore, and the night following in Washington. The next 
morning it crossed the Potomac to Arlington Heights, where it re- 
mained for a few days, and was then moved to Fairfax under com- 
mand of Lieuteiuint-Colonel De Agreda. Inasmuch as I shall only 
attempt to place on record such facts as can be compassed by a de- 
scription, I will not try to set down the sum of atrocities committed 
against the rank and flle of the Union Army tluring the war by 
official authority of whisky, shoulder strap on the brain, and other 
maladies of a morbid ambition. 

The month of October and part of November was spent at Fairfax 
in drill, picket and guard duty. While here Colonel De Agreda re- 



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signed and Charles R. Coster was appointed colonel, and at a later date 
Allen H. Jackson lientenant-colonel of the regiment. In the month 
of November the One Hundred and Thirtj-fonrth having been as- 
signed to the Second Division of the Eleventh Corps, marched with 
its division to Thoroughfare Gap on a reconnoissance, and after a 
stay of two or three days returned to near Germantown, Ya., and 
encamped until December 8. On that day the Eleventh Corps, be- 
ing the reserve of the Army of the Potomac, started for Fredericks- 
burg, with five days' rations. Beginning the march with snow at a 
deptli of from three to six inches, and continuing through unlimited 
mud, on the afternoon of the 11th the ears of the weary men were 
greeted with the boom of artillery from Fredericksburg, as they 
reached the heights south of Dumfries. On the day following, after 
a rapid march, the regiment encamped about noon, exhausted and 
weak from lack of food. After a night's rest, and receiving a day's 
rations, the boys resumed the march on the afternoon of the 13th. 
From elevated ground on the route the smoke of the battle of Fred- 
ericksburg became visible. Two days later the regiment went into camp 
to the rearof Falmouth,whereit remained until the afternoon of Janu- 
ary 20, 1862, when it played its parr, in the drama of " Stuck in the 
Mud," bymarching to a point several miles below Fredericksburg on 
the Rappahannock. Already drenched with a drizzling rain, the One 
Hundred and Thirty-fourth sought rest on " downy beds " of clay 
and scrub oak, at 9 r. m., to be aroused at 5 a. m., and to find that 
the watery elements had interposed for peace for the pres- 
ent. Three days later the regiment reached its old quarters at Fal- 
moutii, to resume its old duties of picket, guard and drill. Camp 
life at Falmouth is not remembered by the boys of the One Hundred 
and Thirty- fourth as a pleasant experience. Beginning after a seven 
days' march at the commencement of a Virginia winter and continuing 
until early in February, without sufficient shelter to protect them 
from the cold and storms, the bitter memories of quinine, calomel 
and the dead march, still linger around the name of Falmouth. On 
January 12, 18r)3, the regiment exchanged the Belgian rifle for the 
Enfield. On the 5th day of February, the One Hundred and 
Thii-ty-fourth started on another constitutional, and after two days 
of snow, rain and mud, encamped near Stafford C. H., remaining 
until February 21, when it moved to Hope Landing on Aquia 
creek. At this place guard, drill, picket, and fatigue duty occu- 
pied tlie business hours of tiie regiment until the 17th of April, 
when it removed to Brooks' Station on the Aquia and Fredericks- 



276 Schoharie County Veterans. 

bui'o; railroad. It remained at tliat place until April 27, when it 
started on the Chancellorsvillc campaign by way of Kelley's Ford, 
Germania Ford, and to the right wing of Hooker's Army near the Cul- 
peper and Fredei'icksburg plankroad, and reaching that position on 
the night of April 30. May 1 and the forenoon of the 2d was spent 
in waiting, watching and countermarching, without being brought 
into collision with the enemy. On the afternoon of the 2d, the One 
Hundred and Thirty -fourth with a. part of its brigade wei-f sent on 
a reconnoissance into the wilderness in " light marcliing order," 
leaving their knapsacks and camp equipage under guard at their 
position in the Union lines. Many of the owners never saw their 
Saratogas again, and a few not until two years later, when they 
passed by the mouldered remnants on their way to the Gi'and Re- 
view, and had nearly encircled the Confederacy, under Sherman. 

During the absence of the regiment, the Rebel Jackson made his 
noted assault on the Union right, and while the One Hundred and 
Thirty -fourth continued its advance into the wilderness, and the 
men consoling themselves with, " we're licking them back there," 
Howard was fleeing with his demoralized followers toward Chan- 
cellorsville. Any honors conveyed by the title " the flying half 
moon," belong to O. O. Howard, Any wide awake private belong- 
ing to the Eleventh Corps knew tliat Rebel troops had been moving 
past their front and cutting trees in the wilderness for twenty-four 
hours previous to the attack. Darkness found the One Hundred and 
Thirty-fourth far into the wilderness, and with but one avenue of 
escape. By cautiously countermarching for some time and then 
filing to the right, it succeeded in reaching the forces who were hold- 
ing Jackson at bay, and at about the time that popular Rebel received 
his death warrant. He had suflicient hardihood to parade himself as 
a chosen servant of God, and a defender of human bondage, but 
always lacked courage to attack an equal force in open fight. After 
joining the army, the regiment lay behind one of the Union batteries 
until the approach of day, when it followed the general movement 
to the left and below the Chancellor House. The historic " Chan- 
cellorsville" consisted only of a commodious brick Virginia house, 
and at the time of the battle was occupied by Mrs. Chancellor and 
her daughter. During the 3d, 4th and 5th of May the regiment oc- 
cupied various positions in the rear of the Union lines, and slept on 
their arms, the night of the .5th being passed in a drizzling rain 
without shelter. At daybreak on the 6th, and during a dense fog it 
crossed the Rappahannock at United States Ford, and was soon on 



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its way to the hills of Stafford, where it went into camp, Ma.y 7. 
From May 7 nntil June 12, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth 
hiy in a beautiful pine grove near Stafford C. H., drilling and per- 
forming its share of picket duty. On the afternoon of the 12th of 
June it broke camp and marched to near Hartwood Church ; on the 
IStli to Catlett's Station ; on the 14th it crossed the Plains of Manas- 
sas and encamped at 9 p. m. on the Bull Run, and on the morning 
following marched to Centerville. During these three days the regi- 
ment suffered severely from heat, lack of water, and fatigue inci- 
dent to rapid marching. The regiment left Centerville on the 
morning of tlie 17th, and after a forced march, halted at 3 p. m. 
on Goose creek, where it lay until noon of the 24th, and then marched 
to Edwards Ferry on the Potomac. At half-past six of the morn- 
ing of June 25, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth began its march 
into Maryland, and by way of Poolesville, Monocacy Aqueduct, and 
Doub's Station, reached Jefferson village at 9:30 p. m., after a severe 
march of thirty miles. On the following day it moved to the foot 
of South Mountain, remaining until the evening of the 28th, when it 
moved east of and beyond Frederick city and encamped at 9 o'clock. 
On the morning of the 29th the regiment continued its pilgrimage 
through rain and mud to Eramittsburg, and on the eve of the day 
following removed to a new position two miles beyond. At eight 
A. M. of July 1, 1863, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth started 
for Gettysburg in a misty rain and over a tiresome road. It ap- 
proached the town by the Tennally Town Road, and near its junction 
with the Emmittsburg Pike, made a detour through the cemetery, 
and reached Baltimore street by the cemetery gates. It halted for 
rest on the left side of the street and on the line on which the street 
fence of the N^ational Cemetery has since been erected. From this 
position and overlooking the town, the conflict between the First 
Corps and the enemy could be seen. The men were ordered to rest 
and to put their wet guns in order. Let history be true in this case. 
Many of them failed to remove the moisture from the tubes of their 
guns, so that when they were suddenly brought to close quarters 
with an overwhelming foe, with empty guns, they had no time to 
remedy the fault and were slaughtei'ed. At 4 p. m., the One 
Hundred and Thirty-fourth in advance, the One Hundred and Fifty- 
fourth New York and Twenty -seventh Pennsylvania of the First 
Brigade, Steinwehr's Second Division, under acting Brigadier-Gen- 
eral Coster, were ordered forward through the town at a double- 
quick. Reaching its northern limits, the brigade tiled to the right 



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and east beyond the " Brickyard '' and took position between 
Stevens' Ilnn and the Harrisburg road and facing north-east. Here 
they were met by Hoke's Korth Carolinians of Early's Division, 
who ponred a destructive tire into the little brigade. Being over- 
powered from the front and endangered from the right, those not 
disabled and choosing death rather than capture, retreated toward 
the town, leaving a trail of dead and wounded. During the brief 
period of about twenty minutes during which the One Hundred and 
Thirty-fourth was under tire, it lost in killed, wounded and captured, 
two hundred and fifty men, the dead and most of the wounded re- 
maining in the hands of the enemy until the morning of the 4th, 
and after the retreat of Lee. A few escaped capture by conceal- 
ment within the town, and a few by strategy after capture. Be- 
tween thirty and forty of those captured were hurried to Richmond 
and confined in Belle Isle, where six of the number afterwai-d died, 
while those remaining and not paroled were removed to Anderson- 
ville early in the year following. Of the number captured at Gettys- 
burg and confined in Rebel prisons one-half died in captivity. 

The remnant of the regiment, with the decimated One Hundred 
and Fifty-fourth and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania retreated to 
" Cemetery Hill," and was assigned to a position on the western 
slope of the cemetery, bordering the Tennally Town Road near its 
junction with the Emmittsburg Pike. Here it was rejoined by 
those who had become separated in the retreat or had escaped 
from the enemy, and here it remained behind the l)Oulder fence and 
tombstones of the cemetery during the second and third days of the 
battle. After Lee's retreat from Gettysburg, the regiment started 
in the tardy ]>ursuit with the forces under Meade, and after marching 
a short distance south of the Potomac, was ordered to Alexandria, 
where it i)erformed guard duty in escorting conscripts, deserters, 
and recruits to the front. On the arrival of the i-eo^iment at Alex- 
andria the number of officers and men present for duty did not ex- 
ceed one hundred and fifty. Quite a number who had been slightly 
wounded, and who had been discharged from hospitals rejoined 
their regiment soon after. Colonel Coster was detailed on recruit- 
ing service at New York city, but resigned soon afterward, the 
command of the regiment devolving upon Lieutenant-Colonel Jack- 
son, who remained its connnander until the close of the war. 

During the stay at Alexandria most of the companies were tem- 
porarily consolidated by placing two companies under one captain 
and one orderly sergeant. While here the boys enjoyed one of their 



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brief picnics, which always followed or preceded seasons of hardships 
and suffering. Abont the last of September the regiment marched 
to Washington, and as part of the Twelfth and Eleventh Corps 
under Hooker, were packed inside and on top of box cars, and 
started on the long jonrney for Bridgeport, Ala. When abont eight 
miles from Washington the hind trnck of the car preceding the one 
occupied by Company C left tiie track, causing the car following to 
jump the track and roll over and over, down a steep embankment. 
Those on top M^ere obliged to jump, and many of them were severely 
injured, while those inside were more fortunate. After the wreck 
was cleared np and the injured cared for, the journey was continued 
by way of Plarper's Ferry, Cincinnati and Nashville. While pass- 
ing through Ohio the boys received many bountiful lunches, spread 
out l)y the citizens at various stopping places, and while passing 
along, hundreds of little lunch parcels, accompanied by a letter and 
request to repl3\ were thrown to the top of and into the open doors 
of the cars by the Union-loving girls of Ohio. No doubt many 
family altars were set up in after years by the boy in blue who ate 
the dainty lunch, and the Buckeye girl who prepared it. The long 
journey westward became too monotonous to allow an opportunity 
for fun to pass unimproved. In those railroad days the water tanks 
standing by the side of the track were manipulated by pulling a rope 
when the fireman wished to replenish his boiler. Through a desire 
for revenge on their comrades sheltered within the car and for mis- 
chief generally, the " roosters " were not slow to discover an admir- 
able plan to gratify their Welshes by pulling the rope as the train 
passed a tank, and thus sending a six-inch stream of water against 
the side and into the oj^en doors of the cars. No record has been 
left of the precise form of language used by those sitting opposite 
those doorwa^^s. This pastime came near a fatal termination on one 
occasion. After the rope had been released, in swaying back toward 
its place, it became entangled around the neck of Hiram Gage of 
Company C, and before released he was dragged to the third car. 
The injury to his neck was quite painful for some time. Previous 
to this accident he had been one of the inside passengers and had 
made the transfer to the top to escape drenchings. The journey 
by rail continued to a safe termination at Bridgeport, Ala., and 
within twentj'-eight miles of Chattanooga. 

Here the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth remained for three or 
four weeks, awaiting the arrival of the balance of the corps, and 
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depot. At tliat time the Army of Rosencraiis lay " cooped up " in 
Chattanooga, and by the time the balance of the Eleventh and 
Twelfth Corps, with Sherman's Army from the West, had reached 
Bridgeport, it had nearly reached the point of starvation. On the 
26th of October the regiment, with its division, crossed the Tennessee 
and began its mai'ch in the direction of Chattanooga, encamping for 
the night at Whiteside. Earlv on the following morning the march 
was continued, and at 9 a. m. the boys of the One Hundred and Thirty- 
fourth beheld the now historical Lookout Mountain, and the sig- 
nal flags of the enemy giving warning of trouble to come. The 
regiment led the advance of Hooker's Army at this time, and 
passed around the base of the mountain through open country 
and into woods, behind a strong skirmish line, from which it emerged 
into open country and in full view of the beleaguered troops of 
Thomas, who held a position on Raccoon Mountain. In making the 
detour of the base of "Lookout" one picket line of the enemy was 
driven up the mountain and one near the river captured. On the 
evening of the 28th, the Rebels came down the mountain to drive the 
tired tramps of Geary's Division from their doorsteps, but the 
Yanks awoke in ill humor. When the Johnnies began building 
breastworks tlie Second Division of the Eleventh Corps got mad too, 
the Second Brigade charging on them in the darkness and driv- 
ing the Rebels back to their bunks in the attic. Here the One 
Hundred and Thirty-fourth met their old foe of Gettysburg, but 
this time it was Longstreet's men who retreated. After the 
battle of Wauhatchie, the regiment rested until the arrival of Sher- 
man's Army, when it took a prominent part in the capture of Mis- 
sionary Ridge and the subsequent movements which resulted in 
driving Hood and Bragg from Tennessee. Previous to the battles 
around Chattanooga and after the battle of Wauhatchie, Longstreet 
had been sent to lay siege toBurnside at Knoxville, whose situation 
iiad become so critical, that on November 27 the Eleventh Corps, 
under Howard, and Sherman's Fifteenth Corps were sent to his re- 
lief. The experiences of the march to the relief of Knoxville will be 
remembered by the surviving members of the One Hundred and 
Thirty-fourth, who performed that journey, as the severest of their 
whole army life. 

Through rain and mud alternated with frost and rough roads, and 
at a pace which taxed tiie endurance of the men to the utmost, they 
arrived at a point on the Tennessee seventy-three miles from Chat- 
tanooga, in time to capture one of Longstreet's supply trains loaded 



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with flour. The cars were broken open, and each of the captors 
" drew," scooped and distributed without restriction. Building 
pancakes followed, and when they became a drug, the boys sought 
to exchange their surplus flour With the natives for other articles of 
food, but they said it looked like " sick " flour and refused to barter. 
The rebellion which took place in the stomachs of the boys during 
the next day, on resuming their march, gave them practical knowl- 
edge of the unfitness of flour made from " sick" wheat as a staff of 
life. From London, the '' flour city," tiie regiment made a two 
days' niarcii to a point witliin seven miles of Knoxville, where they 
learned that Longstreet had raised the siege and had gone. The 
men who had marched to the relief of Burnside were fast becoming 
barefoot, and sadly in need of clothing to protect them from the 
December storms, while the defenders of Knoxville were in a plight 
no better. Longstreet had destroyed the bridges and railroads com- 
municating with Knoxville, so that the salvation of those who had 
expected rest and supplies after reaching Knoxville depended 
wholly on regaining Chattanooga. The return march was begun 
immediately, and the prospects were discouraging in the extreme, as 
aI)out one hundred miles lay between the men and shoes, clothing 
and food. The roads were rough and hard frozen, and many were 
obliged to take pieces of their clothing to protect their feet from be- 
ing cut and torn away by 2")ieceVneal. Blood could be traced along 
the line of march, and for three or four days the return to Chatta- 
nooga began to compare with the historical " Retreat from Moscow." 
At about forty miles from Chattanooga, and after the troops had 
apparently been taxed to the utmost. General Howard ordered a 
halt, and a detail of all shoemakers. These men were set at work 
to make a substitute for shoes from the green hides of cattle, which 
proved a failure — they were " too slippery." After spending a day 
or two on the experiment, and seeing that the men would starve be- 
fore they could be shod, the march was resumed and the men or- 
dered to get to Chattanooga as best they could. On their arrival at 
Chattanooga the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth crossed the Ten- 
nessee into Lookout Yalley, where it built comfortable quarters and 
remained during the winter. Previous to the spring campaign the 
Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were consolidated, forming the Twen- 
tieth Army Corps, and adopting the badge of the Twelfth Coi-ps — the 
five-pointed star. General Hooker was placed in command of the 
Twentieth, and General Howard of the Fourth Army Corps. In the 
new organization, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth was assigned 
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283 Schoharie County Veterans. 

to the Second Brigade of tlie Second Division under General Geary. 
The regiments comprising tliis brigade were the One Hundred and 
Tliirty-fourtli, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth, and One Hundred 
and Nineteenth New York, the Twenty-seventh, Seventy-third and 
One Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania and Thirty-third New Jersey, 
under the command of Colonel Bushbeck of the Twenty-seventh 
Pennsylvania. After the expiration of the Twenty seventh Pennsyl- 
vania's term of service, the brigade was commanded by General, for- 
merly Colonel, Jones of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth New York. 
On the 3d day of May, 1804, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth, 
as a part of Shernuurs Army, started on the Atlanta campaign. In 
the charge, or in the three charges, in the fruitless attempt to drive 
the enemy from Rocky Face Ridge, the regiment suffered severely 
from the enemy's fire, and the rocks and boulders sent down the steep 
sides of the mountain among the men. Again at Peach Tree Creek, 
one of the severest engagements before Atlanta, the regiment sus- 
tained severe loss in killed, wounded and captured. The old 
Eleventh and Twelfth, but now the Twentieth, had distinguished 
themselves in every emergency of danger and hardship from the 
time they reached the West until the fall of Atlanta, and when that 
important event occurred, they were designated as the " Army of 
Occupation," and took up their quarters in the late Rebel stronghold. 
For nearly three months the regiment had been marching, tianking, 
skirmishing and fighting, according to the tactics of Sherman, and 
now the survivors of the campaign could enjoy their term of vaca- 
tion as only tired soldiers could. Rest, food, new clothing and the 
addition of about eighty recruits to the ranks of the regiment, to- 
gether with such members as had reported for duty from the hos- 
pitals, gave new life and strength to the One Hundred and Thirty- 
fourth, so that when it filed out of Atlanta with eight days' rations 
and "sixty rounds" per n^an, on November 15, 1864, it was ready 
for duty. Marching with the left wing of Sherman's Army, it passed, 
in its " March to the Sea," througli Decatui", Social Circle, Madison, 
Eatonton, Milledgeville, Sandersville, Hebron, Davidsborough, 
Louisville, Millen and Springfield to Savannah, making a journey of 
three hundred and ten miles. The march through Georgia has been 
too often described to require a description here. It would be a 
serious reflection to suppose that the boys of the One Hundred and 
Thirty-fourth failed on any occasion to be present at any festival or 
" high jirdvs" occurring in their vicinity, or neglected to acquaint them- 
selves with the topography and resources of the country through 



War of the Eeeelliok. 283 

which they were passing. Many of them were country -bred, and 
wlien so far from home tlieir conduct should not be closely criticised. 
x\s the ai-niy advanced through Georgia, caution while foraging be- 
came the more necessary from the fact that the Kebel governor of 
Georgia had ordered out all of his State Militia to retard Sherman's 
progress by every possible means. Consequently a forager started 
ont on a linnt with doubtful prospects of a safe return, and if he 
succeeded in making the jonrney to the sea in safety, he became an 
expert in strategy, bush-whacking and stealing. Many times he 
would be so closely hemmed in that he would be obliged to aban- 
don his horse, with whatever spoils he had gathered, and take refuge 
in the swamps. George H. Morris, a member of Company C, 
failed to return from a foraging trip, and was captured. Charley 
Clute, another member of the same company, was captured by 
Wheeler's Cavalry, while foraging on a plantation. In addition to 
the supplies for which he had been sent to assist in gathering, he 
particularly wanted a better pair of pants, and while in the house 
and making an exchange with the planter, he was surprised and 
captured. 

At Milledgeville the regiment enjoyed a few days' rest and assisted 
in regulating the municipal affairs of the city. Some troops of that 
wing of the army gathered in the Assembly Chamber of the State 
Capitol and enacted the farce of reconvening the Legislature, passing 
ordinances of secession, passing resolutions providing for the preser- 
vation and maintenance of the Confederacy, and adjourning in haste 
and confusion when it was announced that " the Yankees are com- 
ing," as Governor Brown and advisers had done but a few hours 
previous. On arriving before Savaimah the One Hundred and 
Thirty-fourth took part in the siege of that place, in which the regi- 
ment sustained a few losses. After the fall of Fort McAllister, the 
One Hundred and Thirty-fourth was ordered by General Geary, I)y 
direction of General Slocmn, to occupy an island in the Savannah 
river and in line with the extreme left flank of the Union Army. 
Tiie movement was successfully made, the regiment taking possession 
silently by night, fortifying their position, and holding the island 
until Savannah surrendered. Again the boys of the One Hundred 
and Thirty-fourth were permitted to enjoy the comforts and pleas- 
ures of city life, while their colonel, being of the aristocracy, drank 
whisky galore. Th|f regiment occupied comfortable quarters in the 
city, and, for a month, enjoyed the full measure of good times. The 
people of Savannah manifested no great displeasure at the change of 



284 Schoharie County Veterans. 

masters, l)nt opened their houses to dancing parties, wliile the young 
ladies of the city were u(>thiug loath to join the merry dance with a 
Yankee partner. Theaters and concerts were improvised, and tlie 
army of occupation at Savannah made merry, for Sherman had made 
the city a " Christmas present " to President Lincoln. 

Again the '■'■ Forward'''' was ordered, and on the 27th of January, 
1865, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth started northward in tlie 
directioTi of Augusta, crossing the Savannah river and entering 
South Carolina at Sisters Ferry. On this march the army again sub- 
sisted upon the country — foragers detailed under a commissioned 
officer gathering whatever was needed by the army and applying the 
torch to whatever i-emained of service to the enemy. The march of 
five hundred miles from Savannah, Ga., to Raleigh, N. C, con- 
sumed two months of time, and involved much fatigue, l)ut, on the 
whole, afforded greater facilities for fun than the campaign through 
Georgia. The spirit of adventure had taken broader and deeper root, 
and it was possible that the " bummers " and foi-agers alone could 
have whipped au}^ part or the whole of the Rebel army on that route. 
During this nuirch the ordinary bill of fare for the " high private" 
embraced flour, meal, sweet potatoes, pork, hams, chickens, turkeys, 
geese, ducks, lard, preserves and molasses ; while his personal estate 
often included all kinds of wearing apparel, silver ware, jewelry, and 
gold and silver coin. After a day of hazardous and successful foraging, 
the bummers would spend the early hours of the evening around 
their camp fires in relating the adventures of the day, or pitting 
against each other, game cocks, captured during the forays. 

The regiment arrived at Goldsborough, March 24, and remained 
until the morning of April 10. During their stay here they were 
again in communication with the outside world, and several rejoined 
the regiment who had been discharged from hospitals, and a few 
others who had been exchanged from Rebel prisons. At the time of 
leaving Goldsborough, the boys, having heard of the victories around 
Richmond, started out at daylight of April 10, with full confidence 
of their ability to wipe out Johnson's Arm}', which was su])posed to 
stand between them and peace, but it was their good fortune to not 
meet the enemy again in serious combat. At IJentonville, the brig- 
ade was ordei'ed back to protect the wagon train from an ex])ected 
assault, but after a feeble attack the Rebels withdrew. Raleigh was 
reached in due time. Both Lee and Johnson having surrendered, the 
boys were given another rest, to make ready for their last march 
toward home and " God's country." On the 30tli of April the regi- 



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ment left Raleigh for Alexandria by way of Petersburg, Richmond 
and Chancellorsville. At Chancellorsville were found the remnants 
of many of the knapsacks which were left behind by the regiment 
when they started on their reconnoissance into the wilderness on 
May 2, 1863. Two years after, a remnant of the One Hundred and 
Thirty-fourth passed the scene of their first defeat, on their triumphal 
march toward the capital of a preserved Union, and with no Rebel 
to dispute the way. The crowning event came in the " Grand Re- 
view" which closed the drama of war. One bitter dash of sorrow 
had been mixed with their cup of otherwise perfect joy. Their 
beloved " Old Abe," of whom they had sung during many toilsome 
marches and around many camp-fires, whom they had learned to 
regard as their godfather, was not there to receive them, and to 
hear their cheers and salutations. The regiment was mustered out 
of the service of the United States, at Bladensburg, near Washing- 
ton, on the 10th of June, 1865, and received transportation to Al- 
bany, where it went into camp on the " Troy road," north of the 
city, until arrangements could be made to settle their accounts and 
pay the balance due for services. After a period of nearly three 
years' service, in camp, field and hospital, a remnant of the One 
Hundred and Thirty-fourth New York sought their homes, to be- 
come citizens, who had been tried as if by fire, and not found 
wanting. 

COMPANY A. 

Lionel Chapman, First Lieutenant. 

Esperance — Fanner; single; age 21; enlisted August 8, 1862; 
wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, by gunshot through left 
shoulder; treated in hospital at Philadelphia for four months; 
attended Casey's Military School, and was given the rank of first 
lieutenant; was detaclied on recrintiug service at Louisville, Ky., 
and served on such duty until the close of the war; died in Kansas 
in 18Y9, leaving a widow and one child, now residing in Kansas 
City, Mo. 

George Chapman. 

Espei'ance — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted August 7, 1862; 
wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, and died of wound on the day 
following. 



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CO^rPANY c. 



Peter Haley, First Sergeant. 

Cadide — Moulder; single; age 22; enlisted August 7, 1862; 
participated in all the engagements of tlie regiuient, exce^Dt the battle 
of Gettysburg ; wounded in the knee at Roeky Face Ridge, Ga.; 
treated at hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn.; wounded in left foot at 
Savannah, Ga.; rejoined his regiment near Raleigh, N. C, and re- 
mained on duty until discharged, flune 10, 1805; Austin, Minn.; 
merchant ; married. Children, Nellie, Clarence. 

Weston G. Mickle, Color Sergeant. 

Carlisle — Farmer; single; age 18; enhsted August 20, 1862; 
did regular service until June 12, 1863, when he was sent to hosintal 
at Washington for treatment for fever and diarrhea; rejoined his 
regiment near Alexandria about August 1, 1863, and did full service 
afterward ; M'as promoted to carry State colors and to sergeant of 
United States colors at Dallas, Ga., and carried them to Atlanta, 
to Savannah, to North Carolina, and at the Grand Review ; dis- 
.charged June 10, 1865 ; Carlisle, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Chil- 
dren, Andrew, Arlington, Adam 11., Mary. 

Washington I. Underhill, First Sergeant. 

Esi^erance — Farmer; single; age 21 ; enlisted August 11, 1862 ; 
did full service in line of duty until the close of the war ; was pro- 
moted to corporal and to first sergeant ; discharged with his regi- 
ment, June 10, 1865 ; Grosvenors Corners, N. Y.; farujer ; widower. 
Children, Elizabeth, Leona. 

William H. Wilson, Sergeant. 

Schoharie — Marble cutter ; single; age 20; enlisted August 5, 
1862 ; did full service until wounded by gunshot in lower left thigh 
at Gettysburg, July 1 ; treated in hospital at West Philadelphia ; 
attended military school, examined at Washington, and recommended 
for first lieutenancy of colored troops, but not commissioned ; re- 
joined his regiment, April 25, 1865, at near Raleigh, N. C , 
and served in line of duty until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; 414 East 
Fourth street, Topeka, Kan ; druggist ; married. Children, Kate, 
William H., Arthur R. 



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James E. Burke, Sergeant. 

Schoharie — Married; a<j^e 30; enlisted August 5, 1862; trans- 
ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps ; discliaro-ed June -t, 186-1: ; died 
at Kingston, N. Y., March 14, 1865. — Toivn Record. 

Alonzo McKee. 

Carlisle — Tinman ; niari'ied ; age 27 ; enlisted Augnst 20, 1862; 
wounded by gunshot in right shoulder at Gettysburg, July 1, and 
remained in the hands of the enemy until tiie -ith ; rejoined his 
regiment at Lookout Yalley, Tenn., and served regularly until 
wounded by gunshot in the left hand at Peach Tree Creek, Ga.; 
treated at hospital in Chattanooga; rejoined his regiment at Atlanta, 
and did full service in line of duty until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; 
Esperance, JST. Y. ; married. Children, Annie, Hattie, Maggie, 
Jennie, George. 

Walter Stocker, Sergeant. 

f^choharie — Married; age 30; enlisted as corporal, August 6, 
1862 ; discharged for disability, February 4, 1864 ; re-enlisted in 
some other organization. — A. Altamont, N. Y. 

Otis Guffin, Captain. 

Carlisle — Enlisted August — -^ 1863; promoted to corporal and 
to sergeant-major, and to captain of Company H. — A. Gloversville, 
N. Y. 

Orrin P. Warner, Sergeant. 

Summit — Medical student ; single ; age 35 ; enlisted August 12, 
1862 ; promoted to corporal in November, 1862, and assigned to 
the color guard. May 8, 1863 ; wounded on the head at Gettysburg, 
July 1, by splinter of rail thrown by exploding shell ; treated at 
Eleventh Corps Hospital for a day ; detailed as nurse and ward- 
master in Field Hospital until November 1, 1863 ; rejoined his regi- 
ment at Lookout Valley ; promoted to sergeant, April LO, 1864, and 
served continuously to the capture of Atlanta ; on the evacuation of 
Atlanta was detailed as sergeant of ordnance train guard, and 
served on such duty from Atlanta to the Sea, and to the close of 
the war; discharged with liis regiment, June 10, 1865, by general 
orders; Emporium, Pa.; hotel clerk ; married. 

Levi D. Moore, Corporal. 

Esperance — Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted August 19, 1862; 



288 Schoharie County Veterans, 

carried the United States colors at the time his regiment left Scho- 
harie ; did full service in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in 
left thigh at Missionary Kidge ; discharged for disability ; Esperance, 
N. Y.; carpenter; married. Children, Jesse, George, Lewis, Ella M. 

Samuel D. Lines, Corporal. 

Jefferson — Carpenter ; married ; age 25 ; did full service in line 
of duty until wounded by gunshot in left arm at Gettysburg, July 
1 ; treated at Ward United States Hospital, at Newark, N. J.; trans- 
ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, and served on guard duty over 
Rebel prisoners at Point Lookout, Md.; was on duty at Washington 
at the time of the Grand Review ; discharged at Albany, June 29, 
1865 ; Newark, N. J.; builder ; married. 

George H. Warner, Corporal, Great-grandson of 1776, 
Summit — Farmer ; single ; age 24 ; enlisted August 12, 1S62 ; 
contracted camp fever at Schoharie, September 16, and furloughed 
October 13, with orders to report at Albany, November 2, 1862 ; 
rejoined his regiment at near Germantown, Ya., via Albany, and 
Camp Convalescent, Alexandria, December 3, 1864; served in line 
of duty until he contracted diarrhea at Falmouth, Va.; treated by 
"Blue Mass," paymaster, cheese, and blacki)erry root tea, and re- 
turned to duty ; serving regularly until wounded at Gettysburg, 
July 1, by gunshot in right knee joint ; treated at West Philadelphia 
Hospital, and discharged for disability, February 14, 1864 ; Char- 
lotteville, N. Y. ; farmer ; single. 

George Kniskern, Principal Musician, Great-grandson of 1776. 

Wright — Farmer; single; age 16; enlisted as fifer, September 
3, 1862 ; served regularly in line of duty until the fall of Atlanta, 
when he contracted neuralgia and was sent for treatment to Chat- 
tanooga, Nashville, Louisville, Ky., Jefferson ville and Madison, Lid., 
and furloughed home for thirty days ; reported at Madison, Ind., 
New York, Hilton Head, S. C, Wilmington, N. C, and joined his 
regiment at Goldsborough, N. C, serving as principal musician 
until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865; Howe's Cave, N, 
Y.; married; painter. Son, Alvah. 

Charles B. Allen. 

Summit — ^Clerk ; single; age 18; enlisted August 16, 1862; 
served with his regiment until after the battle of Gettysburg ; trans- 



War of the Eebellion. 289 

f erred to Veteran Reserve Corps ; survived the war, but iiothiiiij 
further known. — M. 

Cornelius Borst. 

Schoharie — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted July 31, 1862 ; 
was captured at Greensborough, Ga., October 19, 1864 ; confined at 
Florence, S. C; taken to Richmond and exchanged and sent to An- 
napolis, to Baltimore, and to hospital at York, Pa.; discharged June 
30, 1865 ; Esperance, N. Y. ; laborer ; married. 

Hiram Borst, Veteran of the Mexican war. 

Schoharie — Age 37; enlisted July 30, 1865; at the time his 
regiment was discharged he was transferred to the One Hundred 
and Second Kew York, and discharged July 8, 1865 ; dead. 

David Borst. 

Sum'mit — Laborer; single; age 18 ; enlisted August 26, 1864; 
did regular service until wounded by gunshot in left arm and breast 
at Rocky Face Ridge, May 15, 1864. ; treated at Chattanooga, Nash- 
ville, Tenn., and Jeffersonville, Ind.; rejoined his regiment before 
Atlanta, and did full service until discharged by general orders, June 
10, 1865 ; Davenport, ISF. Y. ; farmer ; married. 

Harvey Brown. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age 21 ; enlisted August 15, 1862; 
did full service in line of duty until killed at Gettysburg July 1, 
1863. 

Amenzo Cady. 

Seward — Farmer; single; age 21 ; enlisted August 14, 1862; 
detailed as wagoner, November, 1862 ; rejoined his regiment, Novem- 
ber 21, 1863 ; slightly wounded, both at Resaca, Ga., and Peacli Tree 
Creek; detailed again as wagoner at Goldsborough, N. C. ; dis- 
charged witli his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; South Valley, N. Y.; 
blacksmith ; married. Son, Beltran. 

Schuyler S. Cornell. 

Summit — Laborer; single ; age 19 ; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
served regularly until July 2, 1863 ; taken sick and sent to Balti- 
more ; contracted small-pox at that place ; removed to Louisville, 
Ky., during the winter of 1863 and 1864; confined in hospital at that 
place, and on recovery was detailed on detached duty and served un- 
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290 Schoharie County Veteran's. 

till close of the war ; Stanford, JST. Y. ; mercliant ; married. Children, 
Burr G., Lena. 

William H. Cornell. 

iSuinmit — Laborer : single ; age 22 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; 
detailed as guard over Rebel prisoners as far as Tennally Town, Pa., 
on the night of June 30, 1861 ; rejoined his regiment on the night 
of July 1 ; subse(|uently detailed as guard at Point Lookout, Md. ; 
killed in a railroad collision at Sliohola, Pa,, June 15, 1864, while 
serving as guard over Rebel prisoners en route to Ehnira, N. Y. 

George W. Cartwright. 

Wright — Laborer; married ; age 45; enlisted August 9, 1863; 
transferi-ed to Pioneer Corps ; contracted rnpture at battle of 
Gettysburg ; served in line of duty until discharged with his regi- 
ment, June 10, 1865; Gallupville, N. Y. ; laborer; married. 
Children, Mary J., Eliza, Julia, Ida A., Jasper, Charles, George R., 
Reuben. 

Charles S. Clute. 

Carlisle — Laborer; single; age 22; enlisted August 11, 1862; 
served in line of duty through all the movements and engagements 
of his regiment until taken prisoner, while foraging at Louisville, 
Ga., in December, 1864 ; confined at Florence, S. C; paroled March 
12, 1865; rejoined his regiment at Washington, and discharged by 
general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Battle Creek, Mich. 

John Clute. 

Carlisle — Farmer ; married ; age 43 ; enlisted August 20, 1862 ; 
discharged for disability, January 20, 1863. — M. E. M. Sons, 
Henry and Charles of this company, 

Henry Clute. 

Carlisle — Laborer; single; age 23 ; enlisted August 11, 1862; 
detailed as cook, in spring of 1863 ; killed by a kick from a mule on 
the night of June 14, 1863, as the regiment were preparing to en- 
camp for the night, 

James M, Dykeman, 

Suimnit — Laborer; single; age 30; enlisted August 11,1862; 
died November 5, 1862. 



War of the Rebellion. 291 

Abram D. Conrad. 

Carlisle — Miller; single; age 26; enlisted August 23, 1862; 
did full service until slightly wounded by piece of exploded shell at 
Gettysburg, in the right side ; poisoned by ivy plant, at Bridgeport, 
Ala.; treated in hospital at JS^ashville, Tenn.; rejoined his regiment 
at Dallas, Ga., and did full service afterward, until discharged by 
general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Charleston Four Corners, N. Y. ; 
farmer ; married. Children, iSTettie, Bertha, Eddie, Bessie. 

Peter H. Conrad. 

Carlisle — Farmer ; single ; age 27 ; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; 
did full service until February, 1864: ; contracted small-pox and was 
quarantined under a small tent in the woods, aloue ; rejoined his 
regiment after six weeks; contracted dysentery at Atlanta and sent 
to hospital at Nashville and afterward furloughed home ; returned 
to Nashville and served in the defense under Thomas ; rejoined 
his regiment at Raleigh and served on duty until discharged, June 10, 
1865; Gloversville, N. Y. ; teamster; married. Children, Arthur 
H., Charles C, Ella M., Grace A. 

Truman Dings. 

Schoharie — Miller; single; age 18 ; enlisted August 14, 1862; 
remained with his regiment from enlistment to discharge, and doing 
full duty except during the early part of 1864, when he was excused 
from duty forking trouble; discharged -with his regiment, June 10, 
1865 ; died of consumption, June 14, 1881, leaving a widow. 

William A. Devoe. 

Wright — Laborer; single; age 18; enlisted August 15, 1862; 
discharged July 17, 1863; Oneonta, N. Y.— ^. 

Benjamin Dey. 

Sharon — Single; age 21 ; enlisted August 23, 1862; promoted 
to State colors in 1864, and served as bearer of regimental colors 
until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Johnstown, N. 
Y. Children, Edwin, Arthur, Flora, Bertha, Nellie. 

Jedediah M. Esmay, Corporal. 

Seward — Farmer; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 14, 1862 ; did 
regular service, without injury or disability, until the close of the 
war; discharged witli liis regiment, June 10, 1865; Cobleskill, N. 
Y.; mechanic; married. Children, Eva, Joseph. 



292 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Charles Gunther. 
Schoharie — Barber ; married ; age 28 ; enlisted August 11, 1862; 
served in line of duty until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863; 
by gunshots, in leg and arm ; treated in hospital ; died of suicide at 
Albany, after the close of the war. 

Riley S. Gardner. 

Schoharie — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted August 3, 1862 ; 
did full service until captured at Gettysburg, July 1 ; accepted a 
parole on July 3, and went to West Chester Parole Camp ; rejoined 
his regiment at Lookout Valley on the night previous to the charge 
on the mountain ; detailed to quartermaster's department, and re- 
mained until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1805 ; 154 
West Thirty-sixth street. New York city ; laborer; widower. Son, 
Frederick J. 

Henry Gordon. 

Carlisle — Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted August 3, 1802; 
died of lung disease at Brooks' Station, Va., May 4, 1863. 

Cyrus Guffin. 

Carlisle — Fanner ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August, 1862 ; taken 
sick at Faixfax C. H. in November^ 1862 ; treated at Union Hotel 
Hospital, at Germantown ; rejoined his regiment at Falmouth, Va., 
in January, 1863 ; served on detail until July 1, 1863, when he was 
wounded by gunshots in left leg near tlie knee, and in the left lung; 
lay in house in Gettysburg until July 4, and then treated at Eleventh 
Corps Hos])ital and transferred successively to Harrisburg, York, Pa., 
and the Free Military Academy, where he took a sixty-day course of 
study and was commissioned second lieutenant of colored troops ; 
ordered to York ; commanded the Patapsco Guards for two months, 
then resigned his commission, owing to re-opening of wound ; re- 
mained on detached duty at York, Pa., until discharged in August, 
1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y. ; mechanic ; married. 

Hiram M. Gage. 

Schoharie — Printer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; 
contracted paralysis of the vocal organs in the spring of 1863 ; sent 
to hospital for treatment in June but did not recover ; rejoined his 
regiment in July, and remained, doing regular service until discharged 
l>y general orders, June 10, 1865 ; since discharged, the right side has 



War of the Eebellion. 293 

become paralyzed, necessitating the use of crutches ; Memphis, Tenn.; 
cotton classer ; married. No children. 

William I. Gardinier, 

Sharon — Farmer; married ; age 37; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; 
detailed as pioneer and served in line of such duty until the end of 
the war; discharged June 10, 1865 ; died January 15, 1878, leaving 
a widow and children, Delphine, Melissa, Lucinda, Libbie, Sherman. 

John H. Holmes. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; single ; age 29 ; enlisted August 8, 1862 ; 
served in line of duty without mishap until July 1, 1863, wiien he 
sustained loss of half of right forefinger; sustained injury of right 
hip from falling rocks at battle of Rocky Face Ridge ; discharged 
with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; died at Middleburg, N. Y., May, 
1889. 

Martin Haley. 

Carlisle — Farmer; single; age 26 ; enlisted August 26,1862; 
detailed as division pioneer in 1863 ; contracted pneumonia at 
Bridgeport, Ala.; treated at Field Hospital; returned to duty and 
served regularly until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865; 
Fosston, Polk county, Minn.; farmer ; married. Children, Flora, 
Ezra, Maggie, Ida, Samuel, William, Daniel. 

Austin Haynes. 

Smnmit — Student; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; 
served regularly until he sustained sunstroke at the engagement at 
Dallas, Ga.; sent to hospital for treatment, and discharged at Camp 
Dennison, Ohio, by surgeon's certificate of disability. May 13, 1865; 
minister. — M. 

John L. Hiney. 

Carlisle — Farmer; single; age — ; enlisted August 23, 1862; 
wounded by gunshot in left arm at Gettysburg ; by direction of the 
surgeon the wound was not healed ; returned to duty and discharged 
with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; some years after he ordered treat- 
ment, by which the old wound was healed, and died of lung trouble, 
as the sui'geonhad predicted ; died November 6, 1885, leaving a widow 
and children, Carrie, Lester. 

Conrad Kuhn. 

Schoharie — Shoemaker ; married ; age 34 ; enlisted August 8, 



294 Schoharie County Veterans. 

1862; discharged for disability, February 15, 1863 ; died November 
5, 1885, leaving children, John, Henry, Jacob, Charles, Cordelia, 
Annie. 

William H. McMillen. 
Carlisle — Farmci- ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 18, 1862 ; 
died of fever at Fairfax C. H., Ya., October 31, 1862.— i/. R. 

Joseph Multer. 
Suinmit — Farmer; single; age 2J ; enlisted August 18, 1862; 
did full service until wounded by gunshot in left leg below the knee, 
at Gettysburg, July 1 ; ti'eatod at St. John's College Hospital at 
Annapolis, Md.; rejoined his regiment at Lookout Yalley, Tenn.; 
injured in left side at Kenesaw Mountain by falling rocks sent down 
by the Rebels, while building breastworks ; treated at Nashville 
Tenn.; rejoined his regiment at Savannah and did full service until 
discliarged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Charlotteville, N. Y. 
farmer; married. Children, Susie, Tyla. Ettie. 

George H. Morris. 

Seward — Laborer; single; age 15; enlisted August 14,1862; 
detailed to the Ambulance Corps during the early part of his service ; 
rejoined his regiment and was captured at the battle of Gettysburg; 
conlined at Belle Isle and Andersonville; exchanged in 186-1; re- 
joined his regiment and was again captured by Wheeler's Cavalry, 
near Greeneville, Ga., with John Bonaparte and four others, and 
conlined at Florence, where he died ; four of the six captured en- 
tered the Rebel service, while Morris and Bonaparte remained true. 
All honor to the poor orphan hoy who died for his country. 

John A. Manchester. 

Schoharie — Laborer; married; age 40; enlisted August 28, 
1862 ; served in line of regular duty until killed by gunshot through 
the head at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, leaving a widow, and children 
Ann, Elizal)eth, William, twins, — Albert and Freeman, George. 

Jacob Bender. 

Schoharie — T^aborer ; married ; age 38 ; enlisted August 19, 
1862 ; discharged for disability, February 28, 1863.— J!/. R. Dead. 

William Rose. 

ScJioharie — Laborer; single; age 18; enlisted August 5, 1862; 



War of the Rebellion. 295 

transferred as teamster at corps head-quarters at Germaritown, Va.; 
slightly wounded in left arm by piece of shell, at Lookout Mountain, 
Term.; treated by regimental surgeon; discharged with his regiment, 
June 10, 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y. ; laborer. 

Ebenezer Rifenbark. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted August 12, 1862; 
served in line of duty until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, by gun- 
shot in right leg below the knee, and another through the right lung ; 
treated at Gettysburg Field Hospital, and Broad and Cherry Street, 
and Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia ; transferred to Second . 
Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged by general orders ; 
Summit, JST. Y.; peddler; married. Children, Jennie, Hettie, Ina, 
Carrie. 

Eli S. Rowley. 

Jef'erson — Farmer; single; age 26 ; enlisted August 11, 1862; 
served regularly until taken sick at Thoroughfare Gap. November 
16, 1862 ; detailed as hospital steward; contracted lung trouble and 
sent to General Hospital at Fort Columbus, N. Y.; transferred to 
Company E, Tenth Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps; slightly 
wounded in the foot during the Draft Riot at New York city, in 
July, 1863; sent to Knight's Hospital, New Haven, Conn., October, 
1863, and contracted small-pox during the winter ; left hospital in 
February, 1864, and served as sergeant of guard in transferring 
recruits ; detailed as assistant paymaster at Baltimore, Md.; con- 
tracted hemorrhage of the lungs and discharged ; died at Jefferson, 
N. Y., leaving a widow. 

Leonard Rasue, Great-grandson of 1776. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted August 11, 
1862 ; did full service until disabled by sunstroke at Cemetery Hill, 
Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 ; treated at Frederick City, Md.; transferred 
to Camp Chase, Ohio ; rejoined hisregiment at Chattanooga ; partici- 
pated in the Atlanta campaign ; contracted diarrhea and sent to Nash- 
ville, September 3, 1864, and afterward to Camp Dennison, Ohio; re- 
joined his regiment from Morehead City, and served until discharged, 
June 10, 1865; Gallupville, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, 
Emma, Austin, Catharine, Rebecca, Carrie, Edna, Julia, Delilah. 

James B. Rowe. 
8umm,U — Farmer; single; age 24 ; enlisted August 12, 1862; 



296 Schoharie County Veterans. 

did lull service in line of duty (luring his entire term; to escape 
capture at Gettysburg he took refuge in a house being used as atem- 
])orarj hospital, and lay down with some severely womided men ; 
said the surgeon '' these are my severest cases ;" he succeeded in 
joining his regiment a few days after ; discharged with his regiment, 
June 10, 1865 ; accidentally drowned while crossing the Jim river, 
Dakota, April 14, 1884, leaving widow and sons, William, Ever- 
ette; Ludden, Dak. 

John M. Snyder. 
Schoharie — Age 41 ; enlisted August 4, 1802; discharged for 
disability, February 7, 1864.— J/. R. Dead. 

William Spawn. 

Schoharie — Farmer ; single; age 18 ; enlisted August 10, 1862; 
discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865. — M. R. A. Brant 
Lake, Dak.; farmer ; married. Children, Edith, James, Fred, Mabel, 
Burton. 

William T. Stilwell. 

Summit — Farmer; married; age 23; enlisted August 14, 1862; 
ready for duty at all times, until he contracted a malignant type of 
fever in camp near Falmouth, Ya., and died December 23, 1862; 
buried on the south side of the camp at the foot of a pine tree ; left 
a widow, since remarried and dead. Son, Smith. 

John Sagendorf. 

Schoharie — Farmer ; single ; age 17; enlisted August 18, 1862; 
did regular service until the regiment was transferred to the Western 
Army, where he was left sick at Nashville, Tenn.; rejoined his regi- 
ment and contracted small-pox at Lookout Valley, and died March 
5, 1864. 

James Swarthout, Corporal. 

Carlisle — Farmer; single; age ^0 ; enlisted August 22, 1862; 
served on full duty until he received three wounds from gunshots 
at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 — one through right shoulder joint ; one 
in right leg, where the ball remains, ajid one in left hip; discharged 
at Philadelphia, July 7, 1865 ; 19 Cedar street, Gloversville, N. Y.; 
letter carrier ; married. Children, Alice, Paul. 

Edwin Shaffer. 

Schoharie — Clerk; single; age 20; enlisted August 20, 1862; 
served regularly, and on detail as clerk until wounded by gunshot 



War of the Kebellion. 297 

in left knee at Missionaiy Ridge ; treated at Crutclitield House 
Hospital, Chattanooga, and at Nashville, Tenn.; furloughed home 
for twenty days ; reported at Ira Harris Hospital, Albany, and re- 
mained until discharged by orders war de])artment, May 18, 1865; 
Schoharie, N. Y.; citizen ; married. 

James Taggart. 

Wright — Laborer; married; age 40 ; enlisted August 11, 1862; 
detailed with ammunition train ; sustained injury of the hip after 
the battle of Gettysburg, by falling from a train wagon ; contracted 
fever at Hagerstown, Md.; treated at Alexandria, Va., David's 
Island, N. Y., and in Field Hospital at Chattanooga; rejoined his 
regiment at Savannah and served regularly until discharged, June 
10, 1865; Gallupville, N. Y.; laborer; married. Children, John, 
Mary J., Jaines, Robert, Emma, Morgan. 

Oliver Tallmage, Drum Major. 

Summit — Mechanic; married; age 32; enlisted August 12, 
1862 ; appointed drum major with rank of sergeant, in February of 
1863 ; contracted phthisis after the battle of Gettysburg ; discharged 
at Lookout Yalley, February 1, 1861, for disability ; died of con- 
sumption, October 26, 1866, leaving a widow, since remarried, and a 
son, since died, 

William Towers. 

Esperanoe — Farmer; single ; age 24; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
did full service until he contracted chills and fever at Bridgeport, 
Ala.; sent to Nashville for treatment, and after six weeks rejoined 
his regiment at Lookout Yalley ; served regularly with his regiment 
thereafter until discharged by muster out, June 10, 1865 ; Yillisca, 
Iowa ; farmer ; married. Children, George, Nima. 

George W. Van Guilder. 

Wi'ight — Mechanic ; married ; age 21 ; enlisted September 25, 
1861, for Company F, of the Black Horse or Yan Allen Cavalry, 
and was discharged, March 22, 1862 ; enlisted in this organi- 
zation, August, 1862 ; served regularly until wounded by gun- 
shot at Rocky Face Ridge, which entered at the chest and passed 
around and out of the back ; after treatment and recovery, and while 
attempting to join his regiment near Peach Tree Creek, was shot by 
a Rebel guerilla; the ball entering the groin and severing the femo- 
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298 Schoharie County Veteran's. 

ral artery, causing death ; now buried in Marietta National Ceme- 
tery, Ga., Grave 296, Section G. 

Cornelius R. Van Slyke. 
Seioai'd — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 14,1862; 
served regularly in line of duty, except short term of disability from 
the Chancellursville campaign, until killed by gunshot through the 
heart at Gettj'sburg, July 1, 1863. 

Pelet Witbeck. 

Schoharie — Laborer; single ; age 20 ; enlisted August Y, 1862; 
did full service until wounded by gunshot in left side, fracturing two 
ribs, at Gettysburg ; treated at Center Street Hospital, Newark, N. 
J.; transferred to Fort Wood; rejoined his regiment at Lookout 
Valley about December 1, 1863; badly bruised by falling from rock 
in the assault of Kocky Face Ridge ; continued with his regiment in 
line of duty until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Co- 
bleskill, N. Y. ; peddler; married. Children, Jennie, William J., 
Walter C, Milton, Mary, Carrie, Ada. 

Isaac Warner. 
Wright — Miller; married ; age 30; enhsted August 8, 1862; 
served in line of duty with his regiment in all its movements and 
engagements ; sustained injuries by falling rocks during the assault 
on Lookout Mountain ; discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; 
died June 28, 1887. Children, Ella, Emma. 

David A. Warner, Drummer. 
Wright — Married ; age 44 ; enlisted August 22, 1862, and served 
regularly in line of duty as musician until discharged with his regi- 
ment, June 10, 1865 ; Forrest City, Potter county, Dak. Children, 
Ira, Miles, Alba, Elmina, Pamelia. 

John Van Degrift. 

ScJioharie — Carpenter; married; age 23; enlisted August 22, 
1862 ; detailed to Pioneer Corps ; treated for diarrhea at Nashville; 
furloughed home for sixty days; reported at Chattanooga aiui treated 
in hospital ; rejoined his regiment at Atlanta, and served regularly 
until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; died November 26, 1882, of abscess, 
resulting from chronic diarrhea, leaving a widow and children, Lottie, 
Lawrence, George, William, Harry, John, Jr., Albert, Sarah, Frank, 
Marion, Preston, Lizzie. 



War of the Rebellion. 299 

Charles H. Weaver. 

Esperance — Farmer and blacksmith; single; age 18; enlisted 
August 9, 1862; did full service until spring of 1863, when he con- 
tracted diarrhea and was treated in Field Hospital at Hope Landing, 
Va.; did continuous duty with his regiment in all its movements and 
engagements until discharged by general orders, Jane 10, 1865 ; was 
captured at Gettysburg, but escaped under fire and joined the rem- 
nant of his regiment on Cemetery Hill; Argusville, N. Y. ; farmer 
and blacksmith ; married. Daughter, Ada. 

Benjamin F. Weaver. 

Esperance — Mechanic; single; age 21; enlisted August 22, 
1862 ; detached on service at Hart's Island, in 1863 ; rejoined his 
regiment at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.; wounded by gnnsliot in left 
shoulder at Peach Tree Creek; sent for treatment to N^ashville, 
Tenn., where he remained until June, 1865, when he was sent to 
Albany, N. Y., and mustered out with his regiment; Amsterdam, 
N. Y. ; mechanic ; married. Daughter, Sara. 

William H. Welton, Sergeant. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age 23 ; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
did regular service until July 21, 186-1, when he contracted hemorr- 
hage of the lungs and was sent to hospital at Nashville ; appointed 
corporal, 1863, sergeant, March, 186-t ; discharged June 22, 1865 ; 
Laclade, Mo.; minister ; married. 

Minor Wolford. 

Wright — Carpenter; married; age 23; enlisted August 21, 
1862 ; captured at Gettysburg, and released on July 4 ; treated at Sum- 
mit Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, for shell wound of left knee ; re- 
joined his regiment at Bridgeport, Ala.; treated in hospital at Ciiat- 
tanooga for neuralgia ; rejoined his regiment and served in line of 
duty until wounded by gunshot in left hand at Pine Knob, Ga.; 
treated at Chattanooga and other hospitals ; rejoined his regiment at 
the close of the war, at Alexandria, and discharged, June 10, 1865; 
Schoharie, N. Y. ; carpenter ; married. Son, Frank H. 

David C.White. 
Schoharie — Farmer ; married ; age 32 ; enlisted August 7, 1862, 
transferred from his company, December 10, 1862 ; wounded in the 
leg, April, 1863; treated at Harwoud Hospital, Washington; dis- 



300 Schoharie County Veterans. 

charged for disability, September 7, 1S63; West Brook, N. Y.; 
blacksmith ; married. Children, Elizabeth, Tessie. 

Henry Plough. 

Middlehirg — Married ; age 37 ; enlisted August 23, 1864 ; joined 
his regiment at Atlanta ; detailed in ordinance train guard and served 
until disbanded ; discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; died 
atMiddleburg, N. Y. 

COMPANT D, 

Alonzo Parslow, First Lieutenant, Grandson of i8i2. 

Blenheim — Carriage-maker ; married ; age 21 ; enlisted as orderly 
sergeant, July 21, 1862 ; contracted typhoid fever at Hope Landing 
in February, 1863; served in line of duty with his regiment during 
the Chancellorsville campaign, and until July 1, 1863, when he was 
wounded by gunshot through the right lung at Gettysburg, and fell 
into the hands of the enemy ; after Lee's retreat he was cared for by 
the Union surgeons and sent to Fort Schuyler Hospital, New York 
Harbor, July ; rejoined his regiment at Lookout Yalley, December 
24-, 1863 ; pronounced unfit for duty and returned to hospital, and dis- 
charged for disability, November 1, 1864, as first lieutenant of Vol- 
unteers ; North Blenheim, N. Y. ; merchant ; married. Children, 
Freegift M., Baina A., George, Eugene, Jessie, Hoyt, Harry, Boyce, 
Josie. 

Cornelius Barnhart, Sergeant. 

Middlehurg — Baker ; married ; age — ; enlisted August 2, 1862 , 
served regularly until wounded by accidental gunshot, at Catlett's 
Station, Va., causing death; died at Washington, November 25, 1863; 
when shot, he was standing before a private who was removing the 
" prime" from his piece in obedience to orders ; the piece was acci- 
dentally discharged, and the ball striking a stone, glanced upward 
and entered Barnhart's groin ; he left a widow and two children. 

Abram Conklin. 
Broome — A.ge 22; enlisted August 19, 1862 ; transferred to Yete- 
ren Reserve Corps. — M. IL M. 

George W. Bishop, First Lieutenant. 

Middlehurg — Fainter; married ; age — ; enlisted as second ser- 
geant, August 4, 1862 ; appointed first sergeant at Hope Landing, 
Va.,and second lieutenant, April 26, 1863 ; served as aide to Colonel 



War of the Rebellion. 301 

Coster on the Chancellorsville campaign ; assigned to Company A 
in May, 1863 ; wounded by a gunshot in lower left thigh, and by 
buckshot in left hip, still there, at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; treated 
in Field Hospital at Spangler's Barn until July 19; sent North; 
reported to General Ileintzelman, September 1, and rejoined his 
regiment at Alexandria, Va., where he was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant of Company A, assigned to command Company D at Bridge- 
port, Ala., sent to Othcers' Hospital at Nashville, Tenn., December 
25, 1863, and remained until June 20, 1864, when he resigned the 
service ; Middleburg, N. Y. ; widower. Children, Charles A., L. 
Kate, Cora, Mamie. 

Harvey J. Tiffany, Sergeant. 

Middlebura — Painter; single; age 18; enlisted July 31, 1802, 
and did full service with his regiment until the end of the war ; 
discharged with his regiment, June 1(>, 18G5 ; Hoosick Falls, N. Y. ; 
married ; moulder. Children, Ezra, Edward. 

William Brazee, Corporal. 

Middlefjurg — Carpenter; age 23; enlisted August -l, 1862; 
wounded in left arm ; discharged from Newark Hospital, N. J., Jan- 
uary 30, 1865. — J/. /i'. A. 

Levi O. Fox, Second Lieutenant. 

Middleburg — ^ Laborer ; single; age 18 ; enlisted as corporal ; pro- 
moted to sergeant, February 20, 1864; commissioned second lieu- 
tenant, November 13, 1864 ; killed by shell at Savannah, Ga., De- 
cember 15, 1864. — J/. R. 

James Best, Corporal. 

Fidton — Enlisted August 20, 1862; served regularly until he 
contracted typhoid fever at Hope Landing, Va., where he died, 
March 18, 1863 ; buried by his comrades, a few rods from the shore 
of Aquia creek. 

Hamilton B. Bouck, Musician. 

Middleburg — Blacksmith; married; ago 21 ; enlisted as bugler, 
August 6, 1862 ; served with the regiment until after the battle of 
Gettysburg, then detailed as nurse in Field Hospital for three 
months ; rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley, and served con- 
tinuously until the surrender of Lee; suffered sunstroke on the 



302 Schoharie County Veterans. 

march from Kaleigh to Washington ; transferred to Richmond and 
by boat to Alexandria, and reached his regiment at Bladensbnrg, 
Md.; discharged Jnne 10, 1S65 ; Gallupville, N. Y. ; bhicksmith ; 
married. Children, Friend, Elmer, Minnie, Isaac, Charles. 

Orra M. Duncan. 

Gilhoa — Farmer ; married ; age 33 ; enlisted August 14, 1862 ; 
served as wagoner until October 26, and then appointed wagon- 
master, serving in line of such duty until discharged for disability, 
January 2, 1863; Franklinton, K. Y.; farmer; married. 

Charles Allen. 

Middlehurg — Fanner; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 12, 1862; 
served in line of regular duty until detailed as train guard at Brooks' 
Station at the beginning of the Chancellorsville campaign ; after 
crossing the Rappahannock and Rapidan, the guard were reheved 
and ordered to rejoin their regiments, but were subsequently cap- 
tured ; Allen was taken to Richmond and after about four weeks 
paroled; he was taken sick of fever and delirium and remembers 
nothing until recovery at hospital in West Philadelphia ; rejoined 
his regiment at Lookout Yalley and did full service until discharged 
at Eladensburg, June 10, 1865 ; Middleburg, IST. Y. ; laborer. 
Children, Temperance, Ida A., Daniel D., John, Charles. 

David C. Allen. 

Middleburg — Farmer; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 11, 1862; 
contracted chills and fever, and treated at West Philadelphia; re- 
joined his regiment at Lookout Yalley and did full, service in the 
Atlanta campaign until killed by gunshot in left groin at Peach 
Tree Creek, July 20, 1864 ; buried by his brother ; Marietta Ceme- 
tery, Grave 297. 

William W. Armlin. 
Fidtoii — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
wounded by gunshot through right thigh, coming out at the hip, at 
Gettysburg; discharged April 20, 1864. — M. R. Resides in a Wes- 
tern State. — M. 

Merrit J. Borst. 
Middlehurg — Single; age 21; enlisted September 1, 1862; 
died at Falmouth, Ya., February 2, 1863. 



War of the Rebellion. 303 

Michael Bergen. 

Middleburg — Laborer; single; age — ; enlisted August 7, 
1862 ; did full service until the close of the war, and was discharged 
with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; died since at Middleburg, N. Y. 

William B. Backus. 

Middleburg — Married; age 21; enlisted August 11, 1862; 
taken prisoner at Peach Tree Creek; last heard from in Nashville, 
Tenn. — Toimi Record. M. 

John Blodgett. 

Middleburg — Farmer; married; age 22 ; enlisted August 11, 
1862; detailed to head -quarters quartermaster department, at Ger- 
mantown, Ya. ; rejoined his regiment at Stafford C. 11., and 
served regularly until the close of the war ; discharged June 10, 
1865 ; died of heart failure , 1889, leaving a widow and chil- 
dren, William, Allan, Samuel, George, Mary A. 

William Bevens. 

Fidton — Age 21; enlisted August 14, 1862; transferred to 
Yeteran Reserve Corps. — M. R. M. 

Johnathan Brownwell, Corporal. 

Fulton — Laborer; single; age 18; enlisted August 15, 1862; 
did full service until slightly wounded at Gettysburg, by gunshot in 
left thigh ; captured on July 1 and paroled on the 3d ; sent to 
Parole Camp at West Chester, Pa.; rejoined his regiment at Alexan- 
dria ; contracted bronchitis and rheumatism in May, 1864, and sent 
to Nashville for treatment ; rejoined his regiment at Atlanta, and 
did full service until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; Yeruon, Oneida 
county, N. Y.;«laborer; married. Children, J. Arthur, Flora E., 
Edith M., Hattie, S. Arbell, G. LePoy, W. T. Sherman. 

John H. Babcock. 

Broome — Farmer; age 26; married; enlisted August 19, 1862; 
did full service until in May, 1864, duririg the Atlanta campaign, 
when he was wounded by gunshot in the n)Outh, which carried away 
a portion of the left jaw ; treated at Nashville, Tenn., and Kew 
Albany, Ind.; rejoined the regiment at Savannah and did full ser- 
vice until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Livingston- 
ville, N. Y.; farmer ; married. Children, George, Yiola. 



304 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Isaac Burnette. 

Middlehurg — Age 28; enlisted September 1, 1862; taken pris 
oner with Charles Allen dnring the Chancellorsville campaign ; 
paroled ; died in hospital at Nashville, Tenn., December 24, 1863. 
—M.R. 

John H. Brooks. 

Broome — Farmer; married; age 38; enlisted September 12, 
1862 ; served in line of duty until May 15, 1864, when he was 
wounded by gunshot in right thigh at Resaca, Ga.; treated at Field 
Hospital, Chattanooga ; rejoined his regiment at Atlanta ; taken 
prisoner at Greensborongh, Ga., while serving as detailed forager, 
and confined at Florence, S. C, for three months and two days, 
then exchanged and sent to Little York, Pa.; furlonghed home and 
discharged, July 19, 1865; Livingstonville, N. Y. ; farmer; 
married. Children, Emma, Irving, Eva, William, Grace. 

Malachi Coons. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; married; age 38; enlisted 1862; dis- 
charged for disability at Hope Landing, Ya., February 1, 1863; 
died July 23, 1888, leaving widow and children, Almenzo, Almii-a, 
John F., Isaac B., Ada, Alida, Pearl. . 

Charles Cosgrove. 

Broome — ^ Farmer; single; age 25; enlisted August 15, 1862; 
served regularly in line of duty until killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 
1863. 

Albert Chichester. 

Broome — Farmer ; married ; age 23 ; enlisted August 21, 1862; 
served in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in left hand, at 
Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; treated at Chestnut Hill Hospital, Penn- 
sylvania ; rejoined his regiment and served regularly until discharged 
by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Frankliiiton, N. Y,; farmer ; 
married. Children, Delbert, Ernest. 

John C. Cleveland. 

Broome — Farmer; married; age 35; enlisted August 19, 1862; 
contracted fever at Fairfax C. H., December 3, 1862, and sent to 
General Hospital at Alexandria, January 22, 1863 ; after treatment 
was detailed as nurse and wound dresser, and transferred to Nash- 
ville, Tenn., and to Second Battalion, Company I, Veteran Reserve 



War of the Rebellion. 305 

Corps, in January, ISGi, and served as wound dresser until discliarged 
by General Orders ^N^o. 116, June 30, 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y,; farmer. 
Children, Candace, Lysander, Sara A., lantha, Philander, Orlando, 
Lena, William, Abbie. 

Mortimer Clark, Sergeant. 

Middleburg — Farmer; single; age IS; enlisted August 29, 
1862; promoted to corporal. May 10, 1864, and to sergeant. May, 
1865 ; served regularly with his regiment- from enlistment to dis- 
charge, June 10, 1865 ; wounded in left arm by gunshot at Gettys- 
burg, in right leg at Rocky Face Ridge, and near right eye at Resaca, 
Ga.; made the grand tour from Atlanta to the Sea and through the 
Carolinas to the Grand Review ; became an efficient " Bummer " 
under Sherman, and is now an active member of five prominent 
organizations; Bayonne, N. J.; foundryman ; married. Children, 
Minard H., Elizabeth A., Nancy E., Sylvanus I. 

William Cartwright. 

Middleburg — Farmer; married; age 47; enlisted August 15, 
1862 ; died of diarrhea at Ilarwood Hospital, Washington, January 
12, 1868, leaving a widow and children, Delight, Alonzo, Susan, 
Juliette, Andrew, Nancy, Elvira, Erastus, Bartholomew, Adelbert, 
Paul. 

Jacob W. Coons. 

■ Middleburg — Farmer; married; age 89 ; enlisted September 2, 
1862 ; contracted rheumatism at Thoroughfare Gap, in November, 
and typhoid fever at Hope Landing in spring of 1863; treated at 
Harwood Hospital ; rejoined his regiment near Stafford C. H., in 
June, 1864 ; transferred to corps head-quarters, at Goose Creek, later 
in the month ; rejoined his regiment at Warrenton Junction after 
the battle of Gettysburg ; transferred to corps head-quarters again, 
and remained until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; 
Middleburg, N. Y. ; farmer. Children, Michael, Alonzo, Chauncy, 
Louisa, Emma, Netta, Philip. 

Alonzo Cartwright. 

Middleburg — Tanner ; single ; age 20 ; contracted disease of the 
throat, and was transferred to the Yeteran Reserve Corps, September 
2'), 1863 ; discharged by general orders, July 15, 1865 ; died at 
Middleburg, October 20, 1886, leaving a widow and childi-en, Nancy, 
William, Mary, David, Le Grand, Lida, Amelia. 
39' 



30() * Schoharie County Veterans. 

Reuben Cain. 

Broome — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted Angnst 22, 1862; 
contracted camp fever at Fairfax C. H.; treated in regimental hospital; 
wuiinded bv gunshot in left thigh six inches above the knee, at 
Gettvslmrg, July 1, 1863; treated at Baltimore, Md., and Fort 
Schuyler, N. Y. ; rejoined his regiment at Alexandria; contracted 
diarrhea at Lookout Valley, Tenn.; slightly wounded in right hip 
at Rocky Face Ridge, and lost right forefinger at Resaca, Ga. ; 
treated for injuries at Chattanooga and Nashville, and then sent to 
Jeifersonvile for treatment for disease of the eyes ; rejoined his regi- 
ment at Atlanta; wounded in the back by shell at Savannah, and 
treated in hospital at that place; came North with his regiment, 
assisted bv and)ulance as far as Richmond, and then transferred by 
boat to AVashington ; joined his regiment, and was discharged 
" present" June 10, 1865 ; Broome Centre, N. Y. ; farmer ; mar- 
ried. Children, Ina, William, Florence, diaries. 

Benjamin Doney. 

Broome — Single; age 19; enlisted August 19, 1862; trans- 
ferred.— M. R. 21. 

Clinton J. Donovan. 

Broome — Foundryman ; single; age 19; enlisted August 25, 
1862; served regidarly until the battle of Peach Tree Creek, when 
he was taken prisoner and confined until exchanged, December 2, 
1864 ; died of effects of impi'isonment, at Aniia^iolis, December 9, 
1864-. 

Charles L. Decker. 

Blenheim — Single ; age 18 ; enlisted May 29, 1862 ; contracted 
fever in spring of 1863, and before recovery contracted confluent 
small-pox, and died at Caloi-ama rios|)ital, Washington, June 3, 
1863. 

Addison Cornwell, First Sergeant. 
Middlelmrg — Painter; single; age 17; enlisted August 4, 1862 ; 
served in line of duty until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, by gun- 
shot in the leg, which carried away a portion of the tibia; remained 
with the regiment " off duty " for several weeks ; contracted diarrhea, 
malaria and heart trouble, and was sent to hospital at Bridgejiort, 
Ala., October 12, 1863 ; sent to General Hospital at Nashville, Octo- 
ber 21, and remained until transferred to First Battalion Veteran 



War of the Kebellio^t. 307 

Reserve Corps, January 15, 1S64 ; he was then fnrloughed home for 
thirty days, and at the end of the term joined his battalion at San- 
dusky, Oliio, and soon after transferred with it to Washington, D. 
C, where he served in line of duty until discharged, June 29, 1865 ; 
while on duty in Washington, and after the death of President 
Lincoln, he was one of twenty-live orderly sergeants detailed as 
Guard of Honor and served as such, in the principal cities in which 
the great martyr lay in state, while on the way to his final resting- 
place at Springfield, 111.; after this special duty was performed, the 
guard returned to Wasliington, and were personally congratulated at 
the war department by Secretary Stanton, and each one presented a 
badge having the Goddess of Liberty, shield, flag and cannon balls 
represented on one side, and on the reverse, the name of the guard, 
his company and regiment, the duty he had performed, and "pre- 
sented by the Congress of the United States ;" 810 Hickory street, 
Syracuse, N. Y.; painter ; married. 

John L. Hillsley. 

Middlebv/rg — Cai'penter ; single ; age 35 ; enlisted September 12, 
1862; died November 17, 1862. 

Henry Haskins, Corporal. 

Broome — Fanner ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted as corporal, Septem- 
ber 5, 1862, and served in Hue of duty until discharged with his 
regiment, June 10, 1865; Potter's Hollow, N. Y. ; farmer; married. 
Children, II. Leonard, George W., Bursley, Lillian, Belva. 

Jonas Keyser. 

Fulton — Farmer; married ; age 18; enrolled August 13, 1862, 
and did full service in line of duty until discharged with his regi- 
ment, June 10, 1865; Gallupville, N. Y.; farmer ; nmrried. Children, 
Andrew, Henry, Anna E. 

Ephraim H. Keyser. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; married; age 22; enlisted August 13, 
1862 ; contracted lung trouble and was dischai-ged for disability, 
January 12, 1863 ; died March, 1865, leaving a widow and children, 
Anna E,, Mary E. 

A, J. Dickinson, Sergeant. 

Middlehurg — Age 22 ; enlisted August 9, 1862 ; discharged May 
8, 1864.— J/, i?. M. 



308 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Albert H. Kelsey, Sergeant. 
Broome — Fanner; single; age 19; enlisted August 22, 1862; 
wounded by gunshot in right arm at Hocky Face Hidge ; rejoined 
regiment in North Carolina ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; Catskill, 
N. Y. ; widower. Children, Rose, Hattie, Augusta, and son. 

Ephraim Plough. 
Middleburg — Farmer; widower; age 22; enlisted August 13, 
1862; discharged for disability, April 15, 1863; died at Albany on 
his way home. Children, Christian, Margaret. 

Anthony Parslow. 

Fulton — Laborer ; married ; age 30 ; enlisted August 23, 1862 ; 
discharged January, 1863; died November 5, 1884, leaving a 
widow. 

Edgar Reynolds. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 21 ; enlisted September 2, 1862, 
and served in line of duty until wounded by a gunshot in left arm 
at Gettysburg, July 1 ; captured by the Rebels, but recovered by 
Union forces on July 4 ; treated in hospital at Newark, N. J.; re- 
joined his regiment at Lookout Valley, Tenn., December 1, 1863 ; 
transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps in March, 1864, and discharged 
September 22, 1864 ; West Fulton, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. 
Cliildren, Carrie E., Maurice J., Elary, Ula M. 

Jacob Reinhart. 
Middlehurg — Farmer ; married ; age 29 ; enlisted August 29, 
1862 ; contracted lung trouble and was transferred to the Veteran 
Reserve Corps ; discharged at the close of the war; died September 
6, 1887. Children, Emma, Kate, Annie, Adeline, Charles II. 

Sylvester Livingston. 

Fulton — LaI)orer ; single ; age 19; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
died of fever at Hope Landing, Va., 1863. 

Abram Reinhart. 
Middleburg — Butcher; married; age 36; enlisted August 2, 
1862 ; transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps. — M. R. M. 

Charles C. Smith. 

Middleburg — Carpenter; single; age 18; enlisted August 2, 



War of the Rebellion. 309 

18G2, and did regular service until captured before Atlanta; was 
confined at Andersonville prison for tour months, and then escaped 
by personating a dead comrade whose name was called for exchange; 
discharge from Parole Camp. — M. 

John H. Scram, Corporal. 

Middlehitrg — Farmer; single; age 31; enlisted ^August 14, 
1862; served on regular duty until wounded by shell "before 
Savannah," and sustaining loss of right leg, above the knee, by am- 
putation ; treated at Savannah ; removed North and discharged from 
Central Park Hospital, by surgeon's certificate of disability, August 
IT, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y. ; citizen ; single. 

Seth Sitzer. 

Fulton — Mechanic; single; age 20; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; 
served on regular duty until he contracted dropsy and diarrhea at 
Hope Landing, Va., in the spring of 1863 ; treated in hospital at 
Aquia Creek, during part of March and April ; discharged for dis- 
ability, April 14, 1863; 4 Mechanic street, Elmira, N. Y.; farmer 
and teacher; married. Children, Hattie, Charles, Arthur, Lucie M. 

Deverne Shafer. 

Fulton — Mechanic ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 22 ; 1862 ; did 
full service until the close of the war; discharged with his regiment, 
June 10, 1865 ; died in 1885, leaving a widow and two children. 

Sylvanus Sweet. 

Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age 24 ; enlisted August 25, 1862 ; 
killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1&63.— Jf. R. 

George H. Scram. 
Fulton — Farmer; single; age 18 ; enlisted August 18, 1862; 
died in New York city, October 9, 1862 ; Cypress Hills Cemetery, 
Grave 2336. 

Peter Shufelt. 
Middlehurg — Age 21 ; enlisted August 27, 1862; died at Scho- 
harie, September 29, 1862.— J/. R. 

Jacob Styner. 

Middleburg — Laborer ; married ; age 42 ; enlisted August 30, 
1862 ; died February 16, 1863 ; Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 
Division C, Section B, Grave 258. Children, Miner, Rhoda. 



310 ScHOUAKiE County Veterans. 

Jacob Schell, Jr. 

Middlehurg — Married; :ige 31; unlisted August 30, 1S62 ; died 
December 27, 1863.— J/. li. 

William H. Stanton. 
Cobleskill — Fanner; married; age 21; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
died of lung tronble, uear Stafford C. IL, Ya., February 12, 1863. 

Thompson Stanton. 

Coldeskill — Farmer; married; age 21 ; enlisted August 13,1862; 
did full service until cai)tnred at Gettysl)urg, July 1; was coufiued 
at Libby, Belle Isle, Andersonville, Savannah, Blackshear, and 
Florence; exchanged at Chai-leston; fnrlonghed home from Annapolis; 
rejiorted at Albany, and discharged June 6, 186.5 ; West Fulton, 
N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Charles A., Lncy E., Orlando, 
Martha. 

Daniel Teater. 

Middlehurg — Laborer; married; age 37; enlisted August 12, 
1862; wounded by gunshot at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, ball en- 
tering the breast, passing through the lung and lodging under the ribs ; 
after recover}^ was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and 
remained in the service until the close of the war; removed to 
Michigan, where he died, leaving a widow and son. 

Helam Teater. 

Middlehurg — Laborer; single; age 22; enlisted August 12, 
1862; killed by same gunshot which grazed left arm of Mortimer 
Clark, who stood in front rank at Gettysburg, July 1. 

Thurston Thomas. 

Middlelmrg — Citizen ; single; age 16 ; enlisted Angust 20. 1862; 
served in line of dnty until July 1, 1863 when he was wounded at 
Gettysbui'g by gnnshot in the right leg, bullet lodging in the knee- 
joint ; died of wound, Jnly 18, 1863; Gettysburg Cemetery, Grave 
114, Section A. 

Oscar J. Tremain. 

Fulton — Farmer; age 26 ; enlisted Augnst 2<), 1862 ; discharged 
April 5, 1863.— J/. /?. M. • ' 

William H. Warner, Corporal. 
Middlehurg — Student; single; age 18; enlisted August 12, 



War of the EEBELLioisr. 311 

1SG2 ; did coutiiiiious service witli his regiment until July 1, 1868, 
when, to escape capture at Gettysburg, he hid in a cellar and under 
a barrel; rejoined his regiment after Lee's retreat; served regularly 
until the evacuation of Atlanta, when he was sent to Camp Joe 
Holt Hospital for treatment for rheumatism and pleurisy; rejoined 
his regiment at Goldsborough, "N. C, and remained in service until 
dischagred as " a brass mounted corporal," having been wounded 
during the war, " in the coat-sleeve and in the shoe ; " discharged 
with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; 408 River street, Troy, N. 
y.; ironer ; married. 

Reuben Werley. 

Middleburg — Stage driver; married; age 23; enlisted August 
26,1862; detailed as stretcher-bearer in Ambulance Corps in No- 
vember, 1862, and served with the corps throughout the war; dis- 
charged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Charles City, Iowa ; 
farmer ; married. Son, Reubertus. 

Septimus Weidman. 

Middlehurg — Carpenter; single ; age 27' enlisted August 13, 1862; 
killed at Gettysburg, July 1, by three gunshots, one through each 
side of the body, and one through left shoulder. 

George H. Wainwright. 

Middlehurg — Single; age 19; enlisted August 29, 1862; 
wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, by two gunshots, one in left instep, 
and one with loss of fourth linger of right hand; treated at Chestnut 
Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, and discharged for disability by wounds, 
March 22, 1864; Binghamton, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, 
E valine, Mary, William. 

Charles N. Wood. 
Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 23, 1862; 
contracted a disability during the latter part of December, 1862, and 
sent for treatment to Mount Pleasant Hospital ; discharged for dis- 
ability, July 12, 1863; Broome Centre, N. Y.; school teacher; single. 

George D. Weidman. 
MiddleJmrg — Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 9, 1862 ; 
contracted deafness, and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve 
Corps, 1864: ; discharged June 27, 1865 ; Fultonhara, N. Y. ; mar- 
ried. Daughter, Maggie. 



312 Schoharie County Veterans. 

John I. Watson. 

Fulton — Single; age 18; enlisted August 15, 18G2 ; killed at 
Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 — i/. R. 

Isaac Van Kleek, Musician. 

Middlehurg — Fanner; married; age — ; enlisted August 5, 
1862; served in line of duty until discharged with the regiment, 
June 10, 1865; 2|- Bleecker Place, Albany, N. Y. ; delivery clerk ; 
married. Children, Alvina, Maggie, Willie, Seth. 

George H. Whiting. 

Middlehurg — Single; age 19; enlisted August 25, 1862; died 
at Washington, November 11, 1862.— Jf. R. 

COMPANY E. 

Cyrenus Tyler, Sergeant. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 23 ; enlisted as sergeant, Au- 
gust 12, 1862, and served in line of duty until taken prisoner at 
Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; confined at Belle Isle, where he died, De- 
cember 1, 1863; Richmond National Cemetery, No, of Grave, 3074. 

George R. Payne, Lieutenant. 

Richmondville — Fanner; single; ago 24 ; enlisted August 12, 
1862 ; captui-ed at Gettysburg, July I ; being confined in a barn, he 
secreted himself beneath some hay, where he remained until after the 
retreat of Lee, and then rejoined his i-egiment ; passed examining 
board ;it Chattaimoga as lieutenant, but his commission did not reach 
his regiment until after he was killed at llocky Face Ridge, Ga., 
May 8, 1864. 

John R. Boughton, Lieutenant. 

Richmondville — Laborer; single; age 20 ; enlisted as corporal, 
1862; promoted to sergeant, to sergeant major, and to lieutenant; 
discharged June 10, 1865; died September 19,1882. 

James Driscol, Corporal. 

Jeferson~Y-Avmii\'\ single; age 23; enlisted August 15, 1862; 
did full service until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, by gunshot in 
right leg, with compound fracture of the bone, and gunshot in calf 
of left leg; treated at Ladies' TTomo Hospital, New York city, and 



War of the Eebellion. 313 

diseliarged from there, Noveinber 23, 1864, by surgeon's certificate 
of disability ; Jefferson, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Daughter, Kate. 

Isaac Maybee, Corporal. 

Conesville — Farmer ; single ; age 24 ; enlisted August 19, 1862 ; 
contracted typhoid fever at Schoharie ; reported at Albany after re- 
covery ; transferred to Company D, Twelfth Veteran Reserve Corps, 
September 16, 1863, and sent to Washington ; discharged June 28, 
1865 ; Manor Kill, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Edith, My- 
ron E. 

John C. Starkins, Brevet Lieutenant. 

Jeferson — Farmer; married; age 22 ; enlisted August 7, 1862, 
as corporal; promoted to orderly sergeant and brevet lieutenant; 
was treated in hospital, in July, 1864, for diarrhea and piles ; par- 
ticipated in all the movements and engagements of the regiment 
during the balance of the term, until discharged l)y general orders, 
June 10, 1865 ; New York city; carpenter; married. Children, 
Alson D., John D wight. 

Stephen E. Beller, Corporal. 

Wright — Carpenter; single; age 23; enlisted August 12, 1862; 
did full service until wounded in the face by shell explosion at 
Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; treated in hospital at 
Newark, N. J., and at Lookout Mountain, Tenn.; rejoined his regi- 
ment on the Atlanta campaign and served to Savannah, when he 
was sent to hospital for treatment of the eyes ; sent to New York 
city and to Albany, where he was mustered out with his regiment, 
July, 1865; Olathe, Kansas; carpenter; nearly blind; married. 
Children, Oscar B., Edward, Lottie. 

Robert Veley, Corporal. 

Blenheim — farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; 
detailed to Division Pioneers in November, 1862, at Germantown, 
Ya., and served as pioneer until the surrender of Johnson ; then re- 
joined his regiment, and served on original duty until discharged, 
June 10, 1865; Gilboa, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Homer 
J., Mildred R., Mattie J., Zira A. 

Orrin B. Curtis, Musician. 
Blenheim — Farmer; single; age 27 ; enhsted August 27, 1862 ; 
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detached fur hospital service after tho battle of Gettysburg-, until 
April 1, 1S6-1-, when he rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley, 
Tenn.; was excused from duty, having contracted jaundice, for a 
short time at Germantown, Va., in 1862; served in line of duty 
with his regiment from Lookout Valley until discharged at the end 
of the war, June 10, 1865; Eminence, N. Y.; farmer; married. 
Son, Charles. 

Alfred Armstrong, Sergeant. 
Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 25 ; enlisted August 14, 1862; 
did full service in line of duty until June 13, 1863, when he became 
exhausted and sick on tlie march, and falling in the rear was captured 
near Catlett's Station ; ])aroled and sent to Parole Camp ; rejoined 
his regiment in September, 1863 ; contracted diairhea at Lookout 
Vallev, and fnrloughed home; remained three or four months 
on renewed furloughs and then rejoined his regiment at Atlanta, and 
did regular service thereafter until discharged by general orders, 
June 10, 1865 ; Jefferson, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Fred, 

Orso. 

Albert Brown. 

Conesville — Blacksmith ; married ; age 39 ; enlisted August 19, 

1862; transferred to Pioneer Corps ; wounded by shell in left knee 

before Savannah ; treated in hospital ; rejoined his regiment and 

discharged, June 10, 1865 ; died Februai-y 3, 1887, leaving a widow, 

who died April 23, 1888. Children, Taylor, Winliekl S., Mariette, 

Ilattie A., Abe L. 

William A. Becker, Corporal. 

Giiboa — Farmer; single; age 24; enlisted August 19, 1862; 
contracted injury of the spine during the march to Falmouth in 
December, 1863; treated at regimental hospital; remained with 
his regiment through its entire service, and was discharged June 10, 
1865; Giiboa, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Evaline, George. 

Joseph Burchard. 

Fulton — Farmer; married ; age 38 ; enlisted August 16, 1862; 
contracted lung trouble, for which he was treated in hospital for a 
longtime, and then transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and 
detailed as nurse, and served on the duty until discharged, July 8, 
1865; died at Williamsport, Pa., May 12, 1879, leaving a widow 
and children, Mervale, James J.. Ford G., Elmer E., Julia E., Her- 
bert Hayes. 



War of the Rebellion. 315 

Oswald Burnette. 

Eminence — Fanner; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 15, 1862 ; 
contracted typhoid fever at Fairfax C. II. in the fall of 1862 ; 
treated at Harvvood Hospital and at David's Island ; transferred to 
Fort Bernard in January, 1863, and discharged from that place, 
February 10, 1863 ; re-enlisted in Battery M, First New York Light 
Artillery, September 2, 1864, and served until the close of the war ; 
discharged June 23, 1865 ; Binghamton, N. Y. ; mechanic; married. 
Children, Nelson, Clarence, Irving, Annie. 

Lorenzo D. Burchard. 

Richmondville — Carpenter; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 9, 
1862 ; sent to Carver Hospital, December 5, 1862 ; rejoined his reg- 
iment at Falmuuth, and did regular duty until wounded by gunshot 
in right thigh at Gettysburg, July 1 ; treated at Eleventh Corps 
Field Hospital ; taken to a general hospital ; afterward transferred 
to Newton University Hospital, and to David's Island in April, 1864 ; 
discharged for disability, June 7, 1864 ; Warnerville, N. Y.; farmer; 
married. Children, Homer J., Maggie A. 

Jeremiah Barry. 

Blenheim — Farmer; single ; age 20; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; 
served in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in calf of left leg 
at Gettysburg, July 1 ; died in Field Hospital, July 7, 1863, of effects 
of wound and nostalgia ; Gettysburg Cemetery, Section A, Grave 
110. 

John H. Gammer. 

Conesville — Farmer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted August 19, 1862 ; 
discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; assigned to mail de- 
partment, Eleventh Army Corps head-quarters, December 10, 
1862, and served until discharged, June 10, 1865; Freehold, N. Y.; 
farmer; married. Children, Edwin U., Mark. 

Jesse A. Crapser. 

Summit — Farmer; single; age 20 ; enlisted August 16, 1862; 
contracted typhoid fever at Schoharie ; rejoined his regiment at 
Falmouth, Va., and served in line of duty until taken prisoner at 
Gettysburg, July 1; confined at Belle Isle; died at Andersonville, 
April 2, 1864, of dysentery ; No. of Grave, 334. 



31 G Schoharie County Vkterans. 

Henry Creighton, Corporal. 

Gilhoa — Fanner; sii)o-le ; age 20 ; enlisted August IG, 1862; 
served reojularly in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in right 
ankle at Peach Tree Creek, Ga.; treated at Lookout Mountain Hos- 
pital ; rejoined his regiment, November 1, 1804, at Atlanta, and did 
full duty until discharged with liis regiment, June 10, 1865 ; was 
slightl}' wounded by shell explosion, July 2, at Gettysburg; Taniora, 
Neb.; farmer; married. Children, Irving, Lottie M. 

David W. Creighton. 

Jeferson — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted August 16, 1862; served 
regularly in line of duty until July 2, 1863, when he was killed on 
Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, by a three-inch shell, which entered his 
right side and passed through the body ; he lived for about thirty 
minutes after. 

George W. Champlin. 
BlenJieim — Farmer ; single; age 21 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; 
contracted camp fever at New York city in September, 1862, and 
died October 7, 1862 ; Cypress Hill Cemetery, L. I., Grave 458. 

Stanton Champlin, Corporal. 

Blenheim — Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; . 
served in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in the leg, and taken 
prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; rejoined his regiment at Alex- 
andria, Ya., and did regular duty until captured again at Peach 
Tree Creek, Ga.; was exchanged and rejoined his regiment near the 
close of the war, in North Carolina ; discharged with his regiment, 
June 10, 1S65 ; died in 1880, leaving a widow and eight children. 

George Craw. 

Conesville — Farmer ; married ; age 42 ; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; 
served regularly in line of duty until taken prisoner at Gettysburg, 
July 1, 1863 ; confined at Belle Isle and paroled in September fol- 
lowing; treated in hospital at Annapolis, and furloughed home in 
November, 1863; remained about eiglit months; treated at Lincoln 
Hospital, Alexandria, and at Washington ; discharged at the close of 
the war; Grand Gorge, N. Y. ; farmer. Children, Pamelia, Frank- 
lin, Lovica, Dencie, Rozenman, Georgianna, Emory. 

Charles A. Driggs. 
Gilhoa —WiW operative; single; age 18; enlisted August 18, 



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1862; served as surgeon's orderly ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; died 
at Troy, N. Y., in November, 1886, leaving a widow, 

Philip W. Dana. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted August 7, 1S62 ; 
wounded by gunshot in the bowels at Gettysburg, July 1, and died 
of wound, July 13, 1863 ; Gettysburg Cemetery, Grave 116. 

Charles Dayman. 

Gilboa — Enlisted , 1862 ; discharged . 



Charles Ellerson. 

GiTboa — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted August 12, 1862; 
served regularly until wounded by gunshot in riglit thigh at Gettys- 
burg, July 1 ; treated at Little York, Pa.; furloughed home; trans- 
ferred to David's Island, and rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley, 
Tenn.; served on the Atlanta campaign and received a light scalp 
wound at Peach Tree Creek ; contracted typhoid fever at Atlanta ; 
treated at Chattanooga, and joined his regiment again at Atlanta, 
and served I'egularly thereafter until discharged with the boys, June 
10,1865; Gilboa, N. Y.; teamster; married. Children, Lillie, 
Hattie, Ira, Clara. 

Reuben Dingman, Corporal. 

Conesville — Farmer; married; age 24; enlisted Angust 13, 
1862 ; contracted typhoid fever at Scholiarie ; rejoined his regiment 
at Fairfax C. H.; served in line of duty until wounded by gunshot 
in left leg, and by shell explosion on the head, on July 1, at Gettys- 
burg; remained in the hands of the enemy nntil the retreat of Lee, 
July 4 ; treated in hospital at Newark, N. J.; rejoined his regiment, 
March 7, 1864, at Lookout Valley, Tenn.; served at the battles of 
Rocky Face Ridge and Resaca ; sent from Atlanta to Chattanooga 
Field Hospital, and to Cumberland Hospital, Nashville, for treat- 
ment of ulceration of old wounds; transferred to One Hundred and 
Fifty-first Company, Second Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, and 
assigned to duty at Nashville ; discharged -June 30, 1865 ; Philmont, 
N. Y.; invalid ; married. Children, Winslow, Hiram, William, 
Asbury, Walter. 

William H. Finch. 

Gilboa — Laborer ; age 23 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; transferred 
May 24, 1864.— i¥. R. Died October 24, 1882. 



318 ScHOiiAuiE County Veterans. 

Leander Gavit. 

Gilhoa — Farnier ; single; age 21; enlisted August 22, 18G2 ; 
served in line of duty with his regiment until taken prisoner at 
Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; confined at Belle Isle, and transferred at 
Andersonville in the spring of 1864; died at Andersonville of 
dysentery, August 10, 1864 ; No. of Grave, 5270. 

Winslow M. Egnor. 
Gilhoa — li^hoYQY \ single; age 33; enlisted August 15, 1862; 
killed June 20, 1864.-i/. Ji. 

Julius D. Eggleston, Sergeant. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 24; enlisted August 11, 1862; 
served regularly until July 1, 1863, when he was wounded by gunshot 
in the right thigh at Gettysburg ; treated in hospital at Newark, N. J.; 
rejoined his regiment one year from the time wounded, and did full 
service until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Jefferson, 
N. Y.; farmer; married. Daughter, Ella. 

Miles Eggleston. 
Jefferson — Farmer; married; age — ; enlisted August 12, 1862; 
contracted typhoid fever at Fairfax C. XL; was serving in line of duty 
M'ith his regiment at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, when he was taken 
prisoner ; afterward confined at Belle Isle, where he died February 
21, 1864; Hichmond Cemetery, No. of Grave, 21; widow and 
children are dead. 

James B. Hay. 

Conesville — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; 
contracted diarrhea in November following; treated at Fort Schuy- 
ler, N. y.; rejoined his regiment at Manassas Junction in Septem- 
ber, 1863, and served regularly until March, 1865, when he was sent 
to liospital at Fayetteville, N. C., and to Wilmington; transferred 
to David's Island in April, and from there to General Hospital at 
Albany, and discharged; West Laurens, Otsego county, N. Y.; 
farmer; nuirried. Son, Walter. 

Mitchell Hubbard, Corporal. 

Jefferson — Laborer; single; age 21 ; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; 
contracted fever at Fairfax C. II. in the fall of 1862; after recovery 
did regular soi-vice until wounded, July 1, at Gettysburg, by gunshot 
fracture of right lower jaw and loss of three teeth; sent to Ward 



War of the Rebellion. 319 

Hospital, Newark, N. J., July 10, and after two tnoiiths' treatment 
he rejoined his regiment at Alexandria, and did full service there- 
after nntil discharojed by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Jeffei"son, 
N. y. ; fanner; married. Children, Eva, Eda, Addie. 

Nicholas Halleck. 

Jeffei^son — Farmer; married ; age 24 ; eidisted August 15, 1862 ; 
served in line of regular doty until June 1, 1863, when he was de- 
tailed as orderly to Acting Brigadier-General Coster; afterward served 
as company cook until the regiment started on the Atlanta campaign, 
when he resumed regular duty ; killed at Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., 
by gunshot through the head, May 8, 1864.— ii. R. Children, 
Shei'man, l^aura. 

Alpheus Haner. 

Smniiiit — Farmer; single; age 17; enlisted August 19, 1862; 
did regular service in line of duty until soon after the battle of 
Missionary Ridge, where he received injuries for which he was sent 
to hospital soon after the beginning of the Atlanta campaign ; trans- 
ferred to hospitals at Nashville, at Evansville, Ind., and at Albany, 
N. Y., where he was discharged, June 5, 1865 ; Dell Rapids, South 
Dakota ; farmer ; married. 

David Jackson, Corporal. 

G'hlhoa — Fanner; single; age 20 ; served in line of duty until 
taken sick at Chattanooga, Tenn.; rejoined his regiment at Atlanta, 
and served regularly until the end of the war ; discharged with the 
regiment, June 10, 1865; Livingstonville, N. Y.; farmer; married. 
Children, Emma, Ida. 

George Judd. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted August 11, 1862 • 
contracted fever in the service ; slightly wounded in the lip before 
Atlanta; discharged with the reghnent, June 10, 1865.— J!/. R. 
Living in Michigan. — A. 

Jeremiah Jackson. 

G'dhoa — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted August 14, 1862; 
wounded by gunshot in left arm above the elbow at Gettysburg, 
July 1 ; treated in hospital at Newark, N. J.; transferred to Veteran 
Reserve Corps, and discharged at Wilmington, Del., July 31, 1865 ; 
Broome Centre, N. Y. ; farmer; married. 



3-iO Schoharie County Vetekans. 

Archibald Mclntyre. 
Gilhoa — Age 22 ; enlisted August 19, 1862; discharged June 
14, 1863.— -¥.i?. M. 

Charles Martin. 

Jefferson — Laborer ; single; age 18 ; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; 
contracted diarrhea and died, November 14, 1862, at Thorough- 
fare Gap, Va. 

Henry C. Mattice. 

Jeferson — Farmer; single; age 21 ; enlisted August 15, 1862; 
served in line of regular duty ujitil taken prisoner at Gettysburg, 
July 1, 1863 ; confined at Belle Isle until the spring of 1864, when 
he was transferred to the prison at Andersonville, where he died of 
chronic diarrhea, June 17, 1864 ; No. of Grave, 2100. 

James Murphey, Corporal. 

Conesville — Farmer; married ; age 30 ; enlisted August 19, 1862; 
contracted lung trouble at Schoharie in September of 1862; rejoined 
his regiment and served until taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1, 
1863; confined at Belle Isle until near the point of death, then 
paroled; died of effects of imprisonment, at Annapolis, October 17, 
1863; No. of Grave, 1062; leaving a widow and children, John 
A., Wiesmar V., Eliza R., Lucie E., Luman S. 

Isaac P. Nickols. 

Jefferson — Teacher; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 12, 1862; 
served regularly until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, by gun- 
shot in right knee joint ; treated at Center Street Hospital, Newark, 
N. J.; r«;joined his regiment at Lookout Valley, Tenn., and served 
through the campaign to Atlanta ; contracted diarrhea and treated 
in hospital at Chattanooga ; transferred to Nashville and to Louis- 
ville, Ky., where he was discharged, June 13, 1865; North Har- 
persfield, Delaware county, N. Y,; farmer ; married. Children, 
Mary M., Clemon A., Clarence D. 

Robert S. Porter, Second Lieutenant. 

Conesoille — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 12, 1862; 
sick in hospital at West Philadelphia from June to October, 1863 ; 
contracted injury of the spine by falling from rocks at the battle of 
Rocky Face Ridge; treated at Officers Hospital at Lookout Moun- 
tain, Tenn., and discharged August 4, 1864 ; Dunn Loring, Fairfax 



War of the Rebellion. 321 

county, Va.; farmer; married. Children, Delia E., Mary E., Sarah 
E., Henry G. 

William L. Reed. 
Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted August 10, 1862; 
served regularly until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, by two gun- 
shots through right knee joint ; treated at Fort Schuyler, David's 
Island, and Albany ; transferred to Veteran Keserve Corps ; joined 
his company at Kashville in August, 1864, and after two days sent 
to Emory Hospital, Washington ; discharged in January, 1865 ; 
Charlotteville, I*^. Y.; farmer ; married. Children, Elnora, Jennie. 

Ellis Reed. 

Broome — ^"Farmer ; single ; age 26 ; enlisted August 19, 1862 ; 
contracted chills and fever ; treated at Fort Schuyler Hospital; dis- 
charged June 25, 1863 ; Broome Centre, N. Y.; laborer ; single. 

David Reed. 

Broome — Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted August 19, 1862; 
served on full duty until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, by gun- 
shot in right leg ; treated in hospital at Philadelphia ; discharged 
for disability, April 30, 1864 ; died of consumption, August 6, 1870, 
leaving a widow and son Mark. 

William S. Reed, Corporal. 

Jefferson — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
contracted fever resulting from the Knoxville campaign ; f urloughed 
home, and rejoined his regiment on the Atlanta campaign ; served 
regularly thereafter until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 
1865 ; Jefferson, IS. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Marvin, 
Clara, Wallace. 

Franklin Robinson. 

Conesville — Farmer; single; age 27 ; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
contracted fever at Schoharie ; and rejoined his regiment at Fairfax 
C. H. in November; wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; rejoined 
his regiment in the winter of 1863 and 1864 ; detailed as brigade pio- 
neer; killed by accidental gunshot before Atlanta. Marietta Cem- 
etery, Section B, Grave 88. 

Jinks P. Roe. 

Gilhoa — Blacksmith ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 20, 1862; 
served as pioneer at Second Division head-quarters, Eleventh Corps, 
41 



S'Z'Z Schoharie County Veterans. 

until spring of 18G4, and after consolidation, served in First Brigade 
Pioneers of the Second Division, Twentieth Corps ; discharged with 
his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Mackays, Schoharie county, N. Y.; 
farmer; married. Children, Jay D., Clay F. 

Sylvanus Sloat. 
Conesville — Age 34; enlisted August 19, 1862; discharged 
October 19, 1864.*— M. li. M. 

Andrew Sagendorf. 
Blenheim — Farmer ; married ; age 39 ; enlisted August 13, 
1862; served on regular duty until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 
1863, by gunshot in left thigh ; treated in hospital at Baltimore and at 
Harwood Hospital, Washington ; rejoined his regiment at Lookout 
Valley and served regularly until taken prisoner at Peach Tree 
Creek ; confined at Andersonville for three months and one week ; 
])aroled and sent to Camp Chase, 0.; treated for erysipelas of the 
eyes ; discharged early in 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y.; farmer ; married. 
Children, Jonas, Elizabeth, Son John died in the service, 

Orrin D. Van Loan. 

Conesville — Farmer ; married ; age 37 ; enlisted August 19, 1862; 
contracted inflammation of the bowels near Stafford C. H,; treated in 
Field Hospital, and at Arlington, Camp Convalescent, Harwood and 
Vinton Hospitals, then transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps ; 
Conesville, N. Y.; laborer'; married, Ciiildren, John H,, Emma. 

De Witt Van Loan. 

Conesville — Laborer; single; age 25; enlisted August 19, 1862, 
and served in line of duty until captured at Gettysburg, July 1, 
1863 ; confined at Belle Isle, where he died, February 20, 1864; 
Richmond Cemetery, Grave 3163. 

John W. Vroman. 

Blenheim — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted August 14, 1862; 
served on detail with the regimental surgeon until July 1, 1863 ; 
stands on the muster out roll as killed at Gettysburg, but he was seen 
by a wounded prisoner, taken to the rear as a prisoner in company 
with Captain Hamlin of Company C. 

Albert L, Vroman, 
Gilboa — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted August 12, 1862; 



War of the Eebellion. 323 

contracted diarrhea in the fall of 18G2, and treated at Fairfax C. 
PI.; rejoined his regiment in December following, and served in line 
of dnty until wounded by gunshot in left arm at Gettysburg, July 
1; taken prisoner, paroled and released after the battle ; treated at 
Fort Schuyler Hospital, and then sent to Camp Distribution, Alex- 
andria, and discharged, April 11, 1865 ; North Harpersfield, N. Y, ; 
farmer ; married. Children, Erwin C, Effie A., Ruel A., Glenn B, 

James M. Weed, Corporal. 

Conesville — Farmer; single; age 21 ; enlisted August 19, 1862 ; 
contracted fever at Fairfax C. H., in October of 1862 ; wounded 
by gunshot in left shoulder at Gettysburg, July 1; treated at Center 
Street Hospital, Newark, N. J.; furloughed home on the 1st of 
Novembe)-, and on the 12th married Miss Termylia Bishop ; returned 
to hospital at Newark and rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley, 
April 29, 1864 ; served regularly afterward until discharged with 
his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Ashland, Greene county, N. Y.; far- 
mer ; married. Children, Elmer S., John B. 

Alvah Warner. 

Blenheim — Farmer ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; 
served in line of regular duty until detailed as wagon guard from 
Chattanooga to Knoxville ; rejoined his regiment at the beginning 
of the Atlanta campaign, and did full service until discharged with 
his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; killed in falling from the bridge at 
Gilboa, February 22, 1885. 

George H. Witbeck. 

Summit — Farmer; single ; age 18; enlisted August 11:, 1862; 
served regularly until Jul}^ 2, 1863, when he suffered the loss of 
right leg below the knee from shell, while lying on Cemetery Hill, 
Gettysburg ; treated in Field Hospital, Gettysburg, and at Philadel- 
phia ; discharged for disability by wound, May 30, 1864 ; died at 
York, Neb., July 21, 1877; buried at Kichmondville, N. Y.; left 
widow and children, Oakley, Susie. 

Lafayette Winnie. 

Blenheim. — Farmer ; single; age 27 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; 
contracted fever in New York city ; rejoined his regiment at Ger- 
man town, Va., in December; contracted diarrhea and was treated 



324 Schoharie County Veterans. 

at Field Hospital, and at Harwood Hospital, Washington; discharged 
for disability, June 19, 1863 ; Blenheim ; teamster ; single. 

Hiram Wilber. 

Gilhoa — Farmer; single; age 22; enhsted August 13, 1862; 
killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, by gunshot entering the forehead. 

James Weidman. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
served in ammunition train guard during the Gettysburg campaign; 
served in lineof regular duty with his regiment during the rest of his 
service until during the Siege of Atlanta, when he received a gun- 
shot through the left arm and throat, dying a few hours afterward ; 
at the time he received his wound, he was standing at the breast- 
works looking leisurely at what w^as transpiring in the enemy's lines 
and stroking his chin with his left hand ; died August 18, 1864 ; 
buried at Marietta, Grave 92, Section B. 

Philip C. Wilber. 

Conesville — Farmer ; single ; age 26 ; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; 
died at Gettysburg, July 5, 1863, from effect of gunshot wound re- 
ceived in the first day's battle ; the ball entered his body near the 
lower spine and passed " nearly half way around ; " Gettysburg 
Cemetery, Grave 117, Section A. 

John B. Thomas, Corporal. 

Jeffemon — Laborer ; single ; age 21*; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; 
served in line of regular duty until promoted to the color guard 
during the march to Gettysburg ; at the battle of July 1, 18G3, he 
received six gunshot wounds: one finger, one in each arm, one in 
the groin, and one in each leg ; he lived for about six days and died 
in the Field Hospital ; Gettysburg Cemetery, Grave 113, Section A. 

Peter Yansen, Great-grandson of 1776. 

Middlehurg — Laborer; single; age 25; enlisted August 14, 
1862 ; served in line of regular duty from time of enlistment until 
during the Atlanta campaign ; was slightly wounded in the wrist at 
Rocky Face Itidge, and received gunshot wounds in head and neck 
at Resaca ; treated at Nashville, and rejoined his regiment at Atlanta, 
doing full service thereafter until discharged, June 10, 1865, by 



War op the Eebelliok. 325 

general orders ; Middleburg, N. Y. ; laborer ; married. Children, 
George, Laura, May, Katie. 

Horace A. Yeomans, Sergeant. 

GiXboa — Farmer; single; age 24; enrolled August 19, 1862; 
discharged June 10, 1865; died March 5, 1888, of pneumonia; 
buried in the Wilbur Cemetery at Conesville, N. Y. ; left a widow. 

Charles M. Stoker. 

^/<?nAe^m — Married ; enlisted August 15, 1862; "wounded at 
Fredericksburg and died." — Toicn Record. Not found in M. R. 
The One Hundred and Thirty-fourth did not tight at Fredericksburg. 

COMPANY G. 

John Secomb, Second Lieutenant. 

Richmondmlle — Enlisted August 29, 1862; promoted to ser- 
geant and to second lieutenant ; resigned his commission immediately 
after muster at Fairfax C. H., and soon after reaching Virginia. — A. 

Charles W. Taylor, Captain. 

Carlisle — Teacher; single; age 19; enlisted as private 1862; 
mustered as orderly sergeant ; promoted to second lieutenant and to 
first lieutenant ; appointed acting adjutant on " Sherman's March to 
the Sea," and promoted to captain and brevet major ; discharged 
with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; took part in all the regiment's 
battles ; was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg and fell into the 
enemy's hands, but released on the retreat of Lee ; contracted double 
hernia on the Knoxville campaign; Carlisle, N. Y.; agent; mar- 
ried. Children, Angle N., Annie M., Alice L. 

George W. Guernsey, Sergeant. 

Cobleskill — Farmer; single; age 28; enlisted August 14, 1862, 
as fourth sergeant; served regularly in line of duty until wounded 
at Gettysburg, July 1, by gunshot entering the right side and com- 
ing out at the breast ; treated at Newton University Hospital, Balti- 
more ; sent to Camp Convalescent, Alexandria, and from there re- 
joined his regiment at Lookout Valley ; served in line of duty in the 
Atlanta campaign until taken prisoner at Peach Tree Creek. {See 
Prison Report.) Reported at Parole Camp Chase, Ohio, and re- 
joined his regiment in Virginia previous to the Grand Review ; 



326 ScHOHAKiE County Veterans. 

discharged with the boys, June 10, 18G5 ; East Cobleskill, N. Y.; 
farmer; married. Children, Loren C, Roscoe, Elma, Valetta, 
Grover C, Cecil. 

Martin Jones, Second Lieutenant. 

Sharon — Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; 
promoted to sergeant, to orderly sergeant and to second lieutenant; 
wounded by gunshot in right thigh at Gettysburg; rejoined his reg- 
iment at Lookout Valley, and served until discharged with his regi- 
ment, June 10, 1865 ; San Francisco, Cal.^^. 

Jarvis Swift, First Sergeant. 
Sharon — Farmer; single; age 22; enhsted August 21,1862; 
contracted bilious fever at Stafford C. H. in 1863 ; treated at Wash- 
ington, and rejoined his regiment in the latter part of July at Alex- 
andria ; promoted to sergeant and to orderly sergeant ; served in 
line of regular duty from August 1, 1863, to the close of the war, 
and as lieutenant to time of discbarge, June 10, 1865 ; Sharon Spa, 
N. Y. ; gardener; married. Children, Helen, Adna. 

James Brownlee. 

CohlesMll — Farmer ; single; age 20; enlisted August 26, 1862 ; 
served in regular line of duty until July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg, where 
he received seven gunshot wounds, one breaking four ribs, three 
through the bowels,one sumaxillary, neck, right side, one spent ball in 
right hip, and one in right thigh ; treated at Gettysburg, in house 
of Zachariah Myers, and at northern hospitals ; discharged from Ira 
Harris Hospital, August 14, 1865; Cobleskill, N. Y. ; merchant; 
married. Children, Harris F., Clarence, Eugene, John C. 

George W. Douglass, Corporal. 

Richinondville — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted August 13, 
1862 ; contracted diarrhea at Hope Landing, and treated at regi- 
mental hospital ; served as bearer of State colors at Gettysburg, July 
1, when he was killed on the line north of the town ; an effort was 
made to identify his body after burial without success. 

Robert Vaughn, Corporal. 

Seward — laborer; married; age 35 ; enlisted August 15, 1862 ; 
wounded by gunshot in the heel at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; died 
of wound, July 16, 1865. 



War of the Rebellion. 327 

J. L. Brewster. 

Gilboa — Fanner; age 22; single; enlisted August 28, 1862; 
discharged for disability, February 28, 1863, by order of General 
Steiuwehr; South Gilboa, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, 
James, Elson, Oram, Frank, Edith, 

William W. Herron, Quartermaster Sergeant. 

CohlesJdll — Painter; married ; age 26 ; enlisted August 15, 1862 ; 
detailed to quartermaster's department, December 10, 1862, and after- 
ward as clerk at First Brigade head-quarters. Second Division, Elev- 
enth Army Corps ; served as wagoner in baggage-train and as forage- 
master at Lookout Yalley ; served as quartermaster's clerk in Second 
Brigade, Second Division, Twentieth Corps, from Chattanooga to 
Savannah ; returned to his regiment as quartermaster sergeant, 
and served on such duty until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; Station D, 
Los Angeles, Cal.; painter ; married. Children, Elmer W., Fred, 
Harry P., L. Maud. 

Sovereign Brown. 

Summit — Enlisted August 13, 1862 ; during the fall of 1862 and 
after the regiment had encamped for a night near Centerville, a rifle 
from the battle of Second Bull Run was found with barrel bent to 
part of a circle ; he carelessly discharged the piece and received the 
contents ; was sent to hospital where he died of wound and gan- 
grene, December 9, 1862 ; Alexandria Cemetery, Grave 584. 

Asher D. Bice. 

Cobleskill — Farmer; single; age 20 ; enlisted August 22, 1862; 
served regularly with his regiment until taken prisoner at Gettys- 
burg, on his birthday, July 1, 1808. {See Prison Eepo7't.) Contracted 
fever and lung trouble; treated at Chattanooga and Lookout Moun- 
tain for three months, then detailed as railroad guard at Tunnel Hill, 
Ga.; rejoined his regiment at Goldsborough, N. C, and was dis- 
charged with the boys, June 10, 1865 ; Berlin, Wis,; carpenter ; 
married. Children, Gertie, Emma, Ralph. 

George R. Beaver. 

Cobleskill — Age 19 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; contracted hernia 
during the march from Fairfax to Falmouth in December, 1862; 
remained with his regiment until June ; transferred to Twelfth Vet- 



328 Schoharie County Veterans. 

eran Reserve Corps and discharged by general orders, June 29, 
1865 ; Cobleskill, N. Y. 

Jacob Brandenstein. 

Sharon — Tailor; age 39; enlisted September 1, 1862; served with 
his company in line of duty until January 20, 1863, and then detailed 
on special duty with the regiment until the close of the war ; dis- 
charged June 10, 1865 ; Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Selden Boughton. 

Richmondville — Laborer ; single ; age 18; enlisted August 13, 
1862 ; served regularly until wounded at Kenesaw, Ga., by gunshot 
entering instep of right foot, and coming out at the heel ; treated at 
Chattanooga, where he underwent amputation ; transferred to U. S. 
General Hospital, at Albany, where he died of pneumonia, February 
16, 1865. 

Charles Bullis. 

Cobleskill — Blacksmith; age 31 ; enlisted August 16, 1862 ; con- 
tracted fever at Baltimore, where he died, October 6, 1 862. — M. R. 

Isaac Borst. 

Cobleskill — Farmer; single; age 20 ; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
discharged June 10, 1865.— J/. R. M. 

Joseph Borst. 

Schoharie — Age 20 ; enlisted October 5, 1862 ; discharged June 
10, 1865. — M.R.M. 

Peter Campbell. 

Cobleskill — Farmer; married ; age 45 ; enlisted August 12, 1862; 
discharged for disability, February 15, 1863. —i/. R. M. 

Duncan Campbell. 

Cobleskill — Married; age 37; enlisted August 14, 1862; dis- 
charged for disability, March 26, 1863 ; died 1863. 

James Campbell. 

Cobleskill — Age 28 ; enlisted August 14, 1862 ; served with his 
regiment until December, 1864; then sent to hospital at Savannah, 
December 18, 1864, and left behind by the regiment. — M. R. M. 



War of the Eebellion. 329 

Harman Cleveland. 

RiGhmondville — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted August 12, 
1862 ; served regularly until he contracted fever at Lookout Valley ; 
treated at Nashville ; rejoined his regiment at Savannah and dis- 
charged June 10, 1865 ; married ; mechanic. Children. — M. 

Alexander Cleveland. 

Richmondville — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 12, 
1862 ; discharged June 10, 1865. — M. E. M. 

Peter H. Drumm. 

RiGhmondmlle — Moulder; single ; age 25 ; enlisted August 20, 
1862 ; did full service until he contracted diarrhea at Lookout Yal- 
ley, and died February 6, 1864; Chattanooga Cemetery, Grave 416, 
Section B. 

John Donovan. 

Richmondville — Foundryman ; age 33 ; enlisted September 15, 
1862; discharged by surgeon's certificate of disability, April 17, 
1863.— if. J?. M. 

Alonzo Driggs. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted August 20, 1862; 
taken prisoner at Gettysburg ; died at Belle Isle. 

John A. Dingman. 

Sharon — Age 23 ; enlisted August 18, 1862 ; wounded, by acci- 
dental gunshot, in arm ; discharged for disability, January 18, 1863. 
—M. R. M. 

William W. Earle. 

CohlesJcill — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 15, 1862 ; 
served regularly in line of duty until July 1, 1863, when he was woun- 
ded by gunshot in left shoulder at Gettysburg, and fell into the hands 
of the enemy. [See Prison Report.) After exchange was sent to 
United States General Hospital, Division No. 2, with fever ; after 
recovery, was detailed as clerk in hospital office, until discharged, July 
4, 1865, by telegram orders, dated May 4, 1865 ; East Cobleskill, N. 
Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, William, Minnie. 

James Guffin. 

Cobleskill — Teacher ; age 30; enlisted August 18, 1862 ; did regu- 
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330 Schoharie County Veterans. 

lar service until wounded by gunshot in left side at Gettysburg, July 
1, 1803; treated in hospital for a few days, and then furloughed home ; 
rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley, and served regularly until 
killed by gunshot entering the knee and following the thigh bone 
into the body, at Keiiesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, 1864. 

Davis Gilbourne, Corporal. 

Sharoii — Farmer; single; age 27; enlisted August 14,1862; 
contracted typhoid fever in July, 1863; treated at Fort Schuyler 
Hospital and rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley ; served on 
the Atlanta campaign until taken prisoner at Peach Tree Creek; 
confined in Andersonville for two and a half months, then taken to 
Savannah and to Milieu, and paroled, December 27, 1864 ; sent to 
Annapolis, Md., and furloughed home for thirty days ; reported at 
Camp Chase, Ohio, sent to Bedloe's Island, New York, to Morehead 
City, N. C; rejoined his regiment at Kaleigh, and marched on the 
home route as far as Richmond ; then transferred by transport to 
Washington, and rejoining his regiment, took part in the Grand Re- 
view ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; AVest Port, South Dakota ; farmer ; 
married. Children, George A., Solomon S., Norman O. 

Rensom Hummel. 

Cohleshill — h\x\)oveY \ age 25 ; enlisted August 26, 1862; killed 
by gunshot through the bowels, July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg. 

David Haner. 
Sharon — Fanner; single; age 19; enlisted August 21, 1862; 
killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. 

Jacob Jerolman. 
Sharon — Laborer ; married ; age 43 ; enlisted September 13, 
1862 ; served with his company for about a year, then put on detail 
service until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; died in 
18&5. 

Stephen King. 
CoUeshill — Age 37 ; enlisted August 7, 1862 ; died at German- 
town, October 28, 1862. 

Peter King. 

Cohleslcill — Farmer ; age 28 ; enlisted August 7, 1862 ; discharged 
or disabihty, February 12, 1863.— J/. R. Vates Centre, N. Y. ; 
laborer ; married. Children, Phoibe, Peter, Annie. 



War of the Rebellion. 331 

Lawrence King. 

Cohleskill — Farmer; married; age 24; enlisted September 5, 
1862 ; became disabled on the march from Germantown to Falmouth; 
rejoined his regiment at Hope Landing; wounded at Gettysburg, 
July 1, 1803, by gnnsliot through right elbow joint ; treated at hos- 
pital at West Philadelphia, Pa., and discharged June 26, 18G4 ; Coble- 
skill, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Lida, Ida, Satie, Cora, 
Renzie, Sheridan. 

William H. King. 

Cohleskill — Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted August 18, 1802 ; 
discharged June 10, 1865.— Jf. R. M. 

John H. King. 

Cohleskill — Jj^ihoYei- ; single ; age 22; enlisted September 1, 
1862; contracted typhoid fever at New York city; treated in 
City Hospital ; rejoined his regiment at Germantown ; lost second toe 
of right foot at Chancellorsville ; treated at Finlay Hospital at 
Washington ; rejoined his regiment at Chattanooga, Tenn.; served 
in the Atlanta campaign, and was slightly wounded at Rocky Face 
Ridge, and Gulp's Farm ; continued with the regiment until dis- 
charged by general orders, June 10, 1865; Howe's Cave, N. Y. ; 
mason and stonecutter ; married. Children) Carrie, Euretta, Elgiva, 
Ada, Ambrose L., Sherman. 

Martin S. Lake. 

Gilhoa—Age 23; enlisted August 18, 1802; died in prison at 
Richmond, February 9, 1804; No. of Grave, 1739.— J/. B. 

Dewitt Lehman. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 18 ; enlisted August 15, 1802; 
contracted typhoid fever on the way to the front, and died at United 
States General Hospital in Baltimore, October 6, 1862. 

Nicholas D. Moak. 

Cohleskill — Farmer ; married ; age 34 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; 
died October 28, 1862, leaving widow and children, Norman, Amenzo, 
Howard, Francis, Mariette, 

George D, Mann, Sergeant. 

Cohleskill — Enlisted August 12, 1862; served regularly until 
latter part of June, when he received accidental wound of the knee 



332 Schoharie County Veterans. 

at Goose Creek ; went to Washington ; rejoined his regiment soon 
after the battle of Gettysburg and served regularly without wounds 
or sickness until the close of the war ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; 
Schenectady, N. Y. ; mechanic ; married. Children, Mary, De Etta, 
Bertha, Ida, Claud. 

Sylvester Neers. 

CohlesTcill — Laborer ; single; age 18; enlisted August 19, 1862 ; 
did full service in line of duty until at the battle of Resaca, when he 
was wounded by gunshot, the bullet striking the breast at the 
sternum, glanced outward and was found beneath his shirt ; treated 
at Chattanooga, and rejoined his regiment at Atlanta; did regular 
service in line of duty until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 
1865; killed in Sullivan county, N. Y., soon after the war, by a roll- 
ing log. 

Harmon Oudirkirk. 

Sharon — Laborer; age 31; enlisted September 1, 1862; dis- 
charged from hospital for disability, January 8, 1863. — M. R. M. 

William O'Gorman. 

Cobleskill — Painter ; single; age 22 ; enlisted August 22,1862 ; 
wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Au- 
gust 10, 1864.— J/. ^. M. 

Nicholas S. Perry. 

Cobleskill — Blacksmith; age 37; enlisted August 12, 1862; 
discharged from hospital, December 10, 1863. — M. R. M. 

Amenzo Pitcher. 

Richinondville — Laborer ; married ; age 27 ; enlisted August 21, 
1862 ; detailed as butcher during a part of his service ; lost second 
finger of left hand at Rocky Face Ridge ; treated at Jeffersonvillc, 
Ind., and furloughed home ; rejoined his regiment at Savaimah, and 
discharged at the close of the war ; Sharon Spa, N. Y. ; laborer ; 
married. Children, John E., Margaret, Jacob, Sanford, Arthur. 

Daniel Palmatier. 
Schoharie — Farmer; single; age 26 ; enlisted August 20, 1862; 
contracted fever in winter of 1862; rejoined his regiment early in 
June of 1863 ; served in the Gettysburg campaign, and killed at 
Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, by gunshot through the neck,which severed 
the jugular artery. 



War of the Eebellion. 333 

Charles Parris. 

Sharon — Laborer; age 34 ; enlisted August 20, 1862 ; wounded 
at Gettysburg ; killed at Rocky Face Ridge, May 8, 1864.— J/. E. 

Levi Parris. 

Sharon — Laborer ; age 33 ; enlisted August 20, 18C2 ; discharged 
with his regiment, June 20, 1862 ; Sharon Centre, N. Y. ; laborei' ; 
married. 

David Palmatier. 

Richmondville — Wagon-maker; single; age 17; enlisted Au- 
gust 12, 1882 ; detailed as ambulance driver at Tlioroughfare Gap, 
in November, 1862 ; served in that duty until transferred as division 
wagon-maker at Atlanta, and continued on the detail imtil the close 
of the war; discharged with his regiment, June 10,1865; Rich- 
mondville, N. Y. ; wagon-maker; married. Children, Jennie, 
Willis, Minnie. 

Alexander Parsons, Corporal. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted August 15,1862; 
contracted typhoid fever in June of 1863 ; treated in hospital at 
Washington, and rejoined his regiment at Bridgeport, Ala.; 
wounded by gunshot in left thigh at Rocky Face Ridge ; treated in 
hospitals at Nashville and Louisville, Ky. ; rejoined his regiment 
previous to the battle of of Peach Tree Ci'eek, and served regularly 
until discharged by orders of war department, June 10, 1865; Ber- 
lin, Wis. ; farmer ; married. Children, Frederick F., Everette J., 
Benjamin J., Forrest L. 

George Mickle. 

Middleburg — Age 16; enlisted August 25, 1862; contracted 
dysentery at Fairfax C. H. in fall of 1862; remained with the regi- 
ment until July 1, 1863; wounded at Gettysburg by two gunshots, 
one in right ankle and one in left thigh ; treated in Field Hospital 
until July 18, and then transferred to Little York, Pa.; furloughed 
home, and rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley ; served on regu- 
lar duty until fall of Atlanta, and afterward as orderly at head- 
quarters until the close of the war; discharged June 10, 1865; 
East Worcester, N. Y.; laborer; married. Children, Alice, Maggie. 

Earner Roney. 

Cobleskill — Laborer; single; age 30 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; 
served regularly in line of duty until July 1, 1863; taken prisoner 



334 Schoharie County Veterans. 

at Gettysburw; ; contined in Belle Isle, where he died, Deceinber 15, 
1863; Richmond Cemetery, Division C, Grave 2551. 

William Slater. 
Cobleshill — Laborer; age 30; enlisted August 12,1862; killed 
at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.— J/. Ji. 

Alexander Schermerhorn. 

Richmondmlle — Tailor; age 30; enlisted August 28, 1862; 
discharged for disability, June 1, 1863. — M. R. A. 

Orlando Sperbeck. 

Richmondmlle — Laborer; single; age 21; enlisted August 23, 
1862; sick of fever at Arlington Heights after reaching Virginia ; 
served on regular duty until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, by 
three gunshots, one in right wrist, one in left arm, requiring a re- 
section of four inches, and one in left leg below the knee; treated 
at Letterman and Jarvis Hospitals; contracted small-pox at Jarvis 
Hospital, and treated at Marine Barracks, Baltimore ; transferred to 
David's Island, N. Y., and to Veteran Reserve Corps; detailed to 
detective head-quarters, at Broome Street Barracks, New York city ; 
transferred to General Butler's head-quarters, Array of the James, 
as dispatch-bearer ; wounded by gunshot in left hip — ball still re- 
mains in the thigh — at the Weldon railroad ; treated at David's 
Island, N. Y., and discharged at the close of the war, 1865 ; Wor- 
cester, N. Y.; citizen ; married. Child, Charles. 

Nelson R. Scripture. 

Richmondville — Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted August 12, 
1862 ; not seen after the battle of (xettysburg. Killed. 

Andrew Smith, Sergeant. 
Cobleskill — Blacksmith; single; ago 19 ; enlisted August, 1862; 
did full service in line of duty with the regiment in all its move- 
ments and battles until discharged at the close of the war ; promoted 
to corporal in June, 1863, to fifth sergeant, March 1, 1864, and to 
third sergeant, January 9, 1865; discharged June 10, 1865; Hynds- 
ville, N. Y.; farmer ; married. Children, Leroy, Charles E. 

Jacob Rheinhart. 
Schoharie — Age 44 ; enlisted August 25, 1862; discharged for 
disabihty, May 20, 1864.— J/. R. M. 



War of the Eebellion. 335 

Hugo Van Kleek. 

CoMeskill — Farm laborer; age 39; enlisted August 29, 1862; 
discharged June 17, 1865 ; died February, 1889. Children, Willis, 
George, Russel, Brazil. 

Cyrus R. Weightman. 

BichmondviUe — Age 20 ; enlisted August 1-1, 1862 ; transferred 
to Yeteran Reserve Corps, September 30, 1864. — M. R. M. 

Albert Wilday. 

CoUeshill — Farmer ; married ; age 20 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; 
served with his regiment as far as Washiugton, where he was left 
sick, and where he died, February 24, 1863; buried at Barnerville, 
N. Y.; widow remarried. Children, Elda, Mary. 

Ambrose L. Walters. 

Richmondville — Laborer; single; age 18; enlisted August 14, 

1862; did full service with his regiment nntil killed at Rocky Face 

Ridge, May 8, 1864; was buried at the foot of the mountain. 

—M. R. 

James Winnie. 

CoUeshill — Laborer; single; age 18 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; 
killed at Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May 8, 1864.— i¥. R. 

Nelson S. Young. 

CoUeshill — Age 22; enlisted August 20, 1862 ; discharged June 
10, 1865 ; Schenectady, N. Y.— ^. 

David A. Watson, Corporal. 

CoUeshill— Fsirmer ; single ;age 23 ; enlisted August 12, 1862; taken 
sick at Schoharie and fnrloughed home ; reported to Lieutenant 
Hinman at Schoharie Hospital, and rejoined his regiment two weeks 
after at Fairfax C. H.; served in line of duty from that time until 
the close of the war, and was discharged wath his regiment, June 10, 
1865 ; Syracuse, N. Y.; commercial traveler ; married. Children, 
Harry, Alexander, John, George, Jennie, Louise. 

Martin G. Zeh. 

Richmondville — Blacksmith; married; age 44 ; enlisted Au- 
gust 18, 1862 ; served in line of duty until taken prisoner at Gettys- 



336 Schoharie County Veterans. 

burg, July 1, 1863 ; taken to Riclunoiid and conlined in Belle Isle 
where he died, February 21, 1864, leaving a Widow and children, 
Robert, John, Thomas, Seymour, Emma, George ; Richmond Cem- 
etery, Grave 2014. 

Robert Halleck. 

Fulton — Married ; slightly wounded in the shoulder ; discharged 
June, 1865. — Town Record. M. 

Abram Decatur. 

Fulton — Shingle-maker ; married ; enlisted September, 1862 ; dis- 
charged December, 1862. — M. R. 

COMPANY H. 

John Van Huysen. 

Jefferson — Tinsmith ; single ; age 40 ; enlisted August 23, 1862 ; 
discharged for disability, April 5, 1863 ; re-enlisted in Company B, 
Ninety-first New York, August 13, 1864 ; discharged June 10, 1865; 
Soldiers' Home, Bath, N. Y. 

Loren Chilson, Corporal 
Esperance — Student ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; 
" Mother, if you will let me go I'll give you all my money;" was 
slightly wounded by piece of shell while in the service ; discharged 
with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Hutchinson, Kan.; engineer ; 
married. Son, George. 

Isaac R. Brown. 

Esperance — Painter; single; age 19 ; enlisted August 9, 1862 ; 
served regularly in line of duty through his full term ; discharged 
with his regiment, June 10, 1865; Esperance, N. Y. ; farmer; 
widower. Son, David. 

Edward P. Brown. 

Esperance — Farmer; single; age 17; enlisted August 9, 1862; 
served in line of duty until soon after the battle of Gettysburg when 
he contracted diarrhea and was treated at Hammond Hospital, Md.; 
rejoined his regiment at Alexandria, Va., and did full service until 
discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 : Dnanesburg, N. Y. ; 
farmer; widower. Children, William J., Mary, Fred, Mattie, Miles, 
Henry. 



War of the Kebellion. 337 

John Van Wormer. 

Carlisle — Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; 
contracted rheumatism and discharged for disability, January 1, 1863; 
enlisted again with his father, Isaac, January 1, 1864, in Company 
I, Seventh New York Heavy Artillery ; wounded by gunshot in 
right leg, before Petersburg, October 27, 1864 ; treated at Finlay 
Hospital, where he died, January 10, 1865. 

Barton Sherman. 

Schohai'ie — Farmer ; married ; age 32 ; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; 
taken prisoner near Falmouth, ,Va., and after six weeks was 
paroled and furloughed home ; rejoined his regiment, September, 
1863, at Alexandria ; served in the Knoxville and Atlanta campaigns ; 
slightly wounded by gunshot under the eye before Atlanta, June 
27, 1864 ; wounded by gunshot in right shoulder at Hutchinson's 
Island, Savannah ; contracted diarrhea at Savannah ; treated in hos- 
pital ; transferred to Wilmington, and rejoined his regiment after the 
Grand Review ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; North Eastern, Wash- 
ington county, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Henrietta, 
Charles H., Louisa. 

Jay Rockwell, Sergeant. 

Esjperance — Farmer ; married ; age 20 ; enlisted August 30, 1862 ; 
served regulai-ly until wounded by gunshot in left leg at Resaca, 
Ga.; treated at Murfreesboro, Tenn., and rejoined his I'egiment at 
Atlanta; served regularly until discharged with his regiment, June 
10, 1865; 79 Spring street, Albany, N. Y.; teamsters' foreman; 
married. Son, Stephen. 

Henry Rockwell. 

Esjperance — Farmer; single ; age 22 ; enlisted August 30, 1862 ; 
served regularly until wounded, July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg, by 
gunshot entering the right side and coming out at the back ; 
treated at Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia ; rejoined his 
regiment at Lookout Valley, but a week later was sent to hospital at 
Nashville ; was furloughed home, December 10, 1864, for thirty 
days ; " died on the day his furlough expired." 

Lewis Campbell. 

Esperance — Laborer ; married ; age 21 ; enlisted August 25, 
1862 ; discharged June 10, 1865. — M. E. 1643 Sixth street, Troy, 
43 



338 Schoharie Count r Veterans. 

N. y.; tinsmith ; married. Children, Anna, Effie M., Irving, Eola, 
Gertrude, Edward H. 

COMPANY I. 

Charles J. Hunter, Lieutenant. 

Conesville — Teacher; single; age 21 ; enlisted as sergeant, Sep- 
tembers, 1S62 ; promoted toUrst sergeant in June, 1862 ; furloughed 
home after the battle of Gettysburg, and married ; transferred to 
recruiting service as first lieutenant ; drowned in New York Harbor, 
by overturning of skiff while taking a pleasure sail, March 11,1864-. 

Willard O. Beach, Sergeant. 

Gilhoa — Married ; age 32 ; enlisted August 15, 1862 ; discharged 
December, 1862. — M. R. M. 

Jarvis Moore. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted August 28, 1862; 
died at Baltimore en route to the front, October 7, 1862. 

Nathan Nichols. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 26; enlisted August 19, 1862; 
detailed as company cook in June, 1863 ; served on the Gettysburg 
march in line of regular duty ; killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, 

Thomas Mann. 

Fulton — Laborer; married ; age -l-i ; enlisted August 28, 1862; 
wounded by accidental gunshot in right hand at Goose Creek, Va., 
June, 1863; contracted fistula at Hope Landing, Va.; after woun- 
ded, treated at Columbia, Carver, and Lincoln Hospitals ; transferred 
to Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged for disability at Cam]) Fox, 
March 25, 1865; Fultonham, N. Y. ; citizen; married. Children 
living, Elizabeth, Ella, Anna, David, Frank, 

Edward Dennison, Musician. 

Broome — Mechanic ; married ; age 36 ; enlisted September 5, 
1862 ; served regularly in line of duty until the second day's march on 
the Gettysburg campaign, June 13, 1863, when he suffered sunstroke, 
and was left by the roadside ; rejoined his regiment so(m after ; served 
as nurse after the battle of Gettysburg ; was struck by pick while 
digging graves ; rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley in Jan- 



War of the Rebellion. 339 

nary, 1864 ; served regularly thereafter until discharged with the 
regiment, Jane 10, 1865 ; Liviugstonvillej IST. Y. ; mechanic ; re- 
married. Daughter, Lillie. 

Ephraim Patterson, Sergeant. 

Fulton — Farmer; married; age 22 ; enlisted September 2, 1862; 
wounded in the chest before Atlanta, and discharged June 17, 1865; 
died May 16, 1880, leaving a M'idow and son, Edwin. 

Martin M. Bevens. 

Ftdton — Farmer; married ; age 45 ; enlisted September 1, 1862 ; 
became disabled on the march to Falmoutli, December, 1862; sent to 
Mount Pleasant Hospital, and discharged for disability, March 26, 
1863; Fultonham, N. Y. ; citizen; married. Children, Wealthy 
A., Arthur, Olive, Annie, Moses, Ida, Charles, Erskine. 

Andrew L. Brand. 

Conesville — Farmer ; married ; age 21 ; enlisted August 25, 1862 ; 
served in line of duty until wounded by gunshot through both thighs 
at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; treated at Ladies' Home Hospital, New 
York city, and discharged for disability from wounds, July 24, 1864 ; 
Athens, Greene county, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Harvey 
J., Madie G., Manly B. 

Jacob H. Bunt. 

Wright — Laborer; single; age — ; enlisted September 22, 1862; 
transferred to Yeteran Reserve Corps, June 1, 1863; discharged at 
end of war ; died in 1878, leaving a widow, who remarried. Chil- 
dren, Frank, Lyda, Eve, Levi. 

Helmas Bellenger. 
Fulton — Farmer ; married; age 39 ; enlisted September 2, 1862 ; 
served in regular line of duty until wounded by gunshot in left leg 
above the ankle, and slightly wounded by gunshot across the nose, at 
Rocky Face Ridge ; remained with his regiment, until reaching Re- 
saca ; then sent to Field Hospital, to Chattanooga, to Nashville and 
to Louisville, Ky. ; discharged June 9, 1865 ; Frauklinton, N. Y. ; 
farmer. Children, John, Nancy, George. 

Jacob H. Decatur. 

Middlehurg — Laborer ; age 39 ; enlisted September 1, 1862 ; 



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34:0 Schoharie County Veterans. 

contracted rheumatism and piles at Fairfax C H. ; discharged at 
Washington, October 23, 1862 ; enlisted again, 1863, in Company I, 
Sixteenth Heavy Artillery ; sustained rupture at Fort Magruder, 
Williamsburg ; served with the regiment until discharged, Septem- 
ber, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y. 

James Decatur. 

Fulton — Laborer ; married ; age 29 ; enlisted August 27, 1862 ; 
killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. 

John F. Duel. 
Wright — Age 44 ; enlisted September 5, 1862 ; died at Fairfax 
C. H., Va., December 3, 1862.— J/. B. 

Wilbur N. Earl. 

Conesville — Age 23 ; enlisted September 6, 1862 ; killed at 
Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.— J/. B. 

Peter Friend. 

Fulton — Cooper ; married ; age 40 ; enlisted September 16, 
1862 ; served in line of duty until wounded by gunshot at Gettys- 
burg, July 1, 1863 ; treated at Ward Hospital, Newark, N. J.; trans- 
ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, and detailed as cook ; transferred 
to Central Park Hospital, May 5, 1S65, and to David's Island Hos- 
pital, and discharged by general orders, September 16, 1865 ; Rich- 
mondville, N. V.; citizen; married. Children, Sophia, Thomas A., 
Arthur H., Michael J. 

Adam Groat. 

Wright — Laborer; married; age 34 ; enlisted August 9, 1862; 
discharged with the regiment, June 10, 1865. — M. R. Dead. 

Samuel Houghtaling, Corporal. 

Gilboa — Farmer; married; age 24 ; enlisted August 26, 1862; 
taken prisoner at Gettysburg, .Inly 1, 1863; confined on Belle Isle, 
where he died, December 14, 1863; Richmond Cemetery, Grave 
1354. 

Edward Houghtaling. 

Gilboa — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 26, 1862; 
served in line of regular duty, until wounded by gunshots in right 
fure-arni and leftside at Gettysburg, Julj^ 1, 1863; remained in the 



War of the Rebellion. 341 

hands of the enemy until Lee's retreat, and tlien sent to Philadelphia, 
and treated in Satterlec Hospital ; transferred to One Hundred and 
Twenty-ninth Company, Second Battalion, Yeteran Reserve Corps, 
in March, 1864 ; discharged at Wasliinujton, July 26, 1865; Palen- 
valle, Greene county, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Izora, 
Sheridan, Effie, George, Beulah. 

Leopold Hussong. 

JBulton — Wagon-maker ; married ; age 36 ; enlisted September 
2, 1862 ; contracted fever at Fairfax C. H., and rhenmatism at 
Falmouth ; detailed as wagon-maker at Lookout Valley, and served 
on such duty until the close of the war ; discharged with his regi- 
ment, June 18, 1865 ; Breakabeen, N. Y. ; wagon-maker ; married. 
Children, Maggie, George, William. 

Legrand Jones, Lieutenant. 

Fulton — Teacher; single; age 17 ; enlisted August 28, 1862; 
promoted to third sergeant in November following, and to orderly 
sergeant at Brooks' Station, in April, 1863 ; wounded by gunshot 
in left groin at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; treated at St. John's Col- 
lege Hospital ; rejoined his regiment at Chattanooga in November, 
1863, and did full service until the close of the war ; promoted to 
lieutenant, June 1, 1864 ; discharged by general orders, June 10, 
1865 ; Adams, Mass.; minister ; married. Children, De Witt, Wil- 
liam. 

John Joslyn. 

Fulton — Age 18 ; single ; enlisted September 6, 1862 ; trans- 
ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, June 1, 1863. — M. R. M. 

John J. Ham. 

Conesmlle — Laborer; single; age 19; enlisted September 12, 
1862; wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, by gunshot through 
both thighs ; treated at Baltimore ; rejoined his regiment, and re- 
mained until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; died March 31, 1884. 

Wallace Layman. 

Gilhoa — Age 24; enlisted September 6, 1862; discharged with 
his regiment, June 10, 1865.— -J/. R. M. 

Harmon Livingston. 

Fulton — Married ; farmer ; age 25 ; enlisted September 1, 1862; 
sustained sprained ankle on the march into Virginia ; rejoined his 



342 Schoharie County Veterans. 

regiment at Thoroughfare Gap; contracted diarrhea at Hope Land- 
ing, in spring of 1S63 ; treated in regimental hospital and dis- 
charged for disability, April 17, 1863, at Brooks' Station; West 
Fulton, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Charles, Mary E., 
Juliette, James W. 

Jefferson Mace. 

Broome— Farmer; single; age 20; enlisted September 3, 1862; 
detailed as surgeon's orderly ; taken prisoner at Gettysl)urg, July 1, 
1863.; confined at Belle Isle until the spring of 1864, and then re- 
moved to Andcrsonville, where he died, March 12, 1864, of diarrhea, 
No. of Grave, 37. 

Jacob Mereness. 

Wright — Age 28; enlisted August 29, 1862; died of chronic 
diarrhea, at Falmouth, Ya., December 22, 1862. 

David Moon. 

Middleburcj — Laborer; married; age 31 ; enlisted August 31, 
1862; contracted diarrhea and discharged for disability, December 
25, 1863 ; dead. Children, David H., Jeremiah, Maggie. 

Lewis Moon. 

Middlelurg — Laborer; age 36; enlisted September 6, 1862; 
discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865. — M. R. Died March 
13, 1878. 

John H. Miller. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted September 6, 1862; 
wounded by saber cut on the head at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863; re- 
mained in the hands of the enemy until Lee's retreat ; treated at 
hospital in Newark, N. J.; furloughed home and submitted to opera- 
tion of trepanning; remained home for several weeks, then returned 
to hospital ; became subject to fits, and was discharged for disability, 
May 16, 1864 ; disability continued under form of fits and paralysis ; 
West Fulton, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, George, Minnie, 
William, Edna, Lillie. 

Jacob Palmatier. 

Schoharie — Farmer ; married ; age 35 ; enlisted August 30, 1862 ; 
contracted hernia during tlie Atlanta campaign ; treated for a month 
in hospital at Atlanta ; wounded in the service by gunshot in left 
leg, between ankle and knee ; discharged with his regiment, 
June 10, 1865; 8 Park avenue, Amsterdam, N. Y.; laborer; mar- 
ried. Children, Henry, Frank, Peter, William, Clifiord, Leeta. 



WaE of the KEBELLI02S". 343 

Daniel H. Stilwell. 
Summit — Laborer; single; age 18 ; enlisted August 15, 1862; 
died of chronic diarrhea at Murfreesboro, Tenn., February IH, 1864 j 
Stone River Cemetery, No. of Grave unknown. 

Albert Smeaton. 

Schoharie — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted August 6, 1862, 
in Company C, and transferred to Company I ; did full service until 
wounded by gunshots in right arm and left Xo.^ at Rocky Face Ridge, 
Ga.; treated in hospitals at Nashville, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky.; 
rejoined his regiment at Raleigli, N. C, and served regularly until 
discharged, June 10, 1865 ; Quaker Street, N. Y.; laborer; married. 
Children, John, Jesse, Frank, Orrin, Elmer, Libbie, Edward, Hays. 

Amasa Salisbury. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 25; enlisted August 28, 1862; 
wounded by gunshot in the hip at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; died of 
wound. 

Levi Shafer. 
Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted September 1, 1862 ; 
wounded at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., by gunshot entering the side, 
passing through the abdomen and coming out at the hip ; died of 
wound, July 20, 1864 ; Marietta Cemetery, Ga., No. of Grave 
290. 

Wesley Settle. 
Wright — Laborer; single; age 21 ; enlisted September 5, 1862; 
contracted rheumatism at Fairfax C. H., and sent to Summit House 
Hospital ; discharged for disability, March 1, 1863 ; Quaker Street, 
N. Y. ; carpenter ; married. Children, William, John. 

John C. Spore. 

Fulton — Age 34; enlisted August 28, 1862; wounded; dis- 
charged June 5, 1864. — 21. R. M. 

Marcelas Spore. 

Fulton — Fanner; single; age 17; enlisted August 30, 1862; 
contracted typhoid fever at Schoharie; rejoined his regiment at 
Alexandria, Va. ; served regularly until he contracted bilious fever 
and diarrhea at Lookout Yalley, Tenn.; treated at Chattanooga; de- 
tailed to guard wounded Rebel prisoners ; came home on sick furlough 
and remained unable to join his regiment; Middleburg, N. Y. ; 
laborer; married. Children, Carrie, Alice, Jacob, Elsie, Gertie, Edith. 



344 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Jacob Scrom. 

Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September 18, 1862 ; 
contracted fever at Schoharie ; rejoined his regiment at Lookont 
Yalley, Tenn.; wounded by gunshot with loss of right forefinger at 
Rocky Face R.idge ; treated at Jeft'ersonvilJe, Ind.; rejoined his regi- 
ment at Atlanta and served regularly until discharged by general 
orders, June 10, 1805; Middleburg, N. N. ; laborer; married. 
Daughter, Julia. 

Ira Slater, Sergeant. 

Fulton — Farmer; married ; age 24; enlisted August 22, 1862; 
served regularly until slightly wounded by gunshot in the hip near 
Resaca, and ruptured while building breastworks at that place ; 
afterward contracted scurvy and sent to Field Hospital, June 20, 
1864 ; contracted chills and fever in the Carolinas ; continued on 
duty until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Fultonhano, 
N. Y.; laborer; married. Children, John H., Catharine, Henry, 
Mfinning, Mary. 

Samuel Tyrrel. 

Summit — Laborer ; single; age IS ; enlisted , 1862 ; dis- 
charged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Stanton, Mich ; laborer ; 
married. Daughter, Hattie M. 

William H. Tallerday. 
Fulton — Laborer ; married ; age 26 ; enlisted September 6, 1862 ; 
wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; discharged June 19, 1864 ; 
died of wounds, leaving a widow. 

Hiram Teneyck. 

Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted August 23, 1862 ; con- 
tracted diarrhea at Arlington Heights, and treated at Stanton Hos- 
pital ; contracted typhoid fever at Fairfax C. H.; served with his 
regiment until he incurred sunstroke on the march to Gettysburg; 
sent to hospital and transferred to Company F, Fourteenth Regiment, 
Yeteran Reserve Corps, and stationed at Arlington Heights, Read- 
ing, and other places; discharged June 1, 1864, for disability ; Mo- 
hawk, N. Y.; laborer ; widower. 

William Vroman. 
Gilhoa — Farmer; age 33; enlisted September 1, 1862; trans- 
ferred to quartermaster's department ; discharged June 10, 1865. — 
M. R. A. 



War of the Eebellion. 345 

William Wayman. 

Middleburg — Laborer ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted September 6, 
1862 ; took part in all the movements of the regiment until captured 
at Peach Tree Creek, Ga.; confined at Andersonville and secured 
an exchange in time to rejoin his regiment at Atlanta ; served regu- 
larly thereafter until discharged, June 10, 1862; Fultonham, N. Y.; 
laborer; married. Children, Seneca, Reuben, Arthur, Jacob H., 
Julia A. 

Jacob Wayman. 

Middleburg — Farmer; married; age 45; enlisted September 
6, 1862 ; served regularly until captured at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; 
paroled during Lee's retreat ; contracted rheumatism and served as 
company cook much of the time during the balance of his service ; 
discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865.— Ji. 

David Wayman. 

Middlebu7'g — Fanner; married; age 40; enlisted August 26, 
1862 ; served regularly until May 2, 1868, when he received a shell 
wound in left shoulder at Chancellorsville while guarding knapsacks 
and camp equipage of the regiment; discharged with the regiment, 
June 10, 1865.— Jl/. 

Zadoc West. 

Fulton — Age 23; enlisted September 20, 1862 ; discharged De- 
cember 20, 1863.— i/. R. M. 

George Williams. 

Gilhoa — Age 25; enlisted September 3,1862; discharged De- 
cember 1, 1862.— J/. R. M. 

William Wilty. 

Wright — Age 19 ; enlisted September 5, 1862; served in Chan- 
cellorsville and Gettysburg campaign ; transferred to Veteran Re- 
serve Corps; discharged July 26, 1865. 

James Barry. 

Esjjerance — Age 32; enlisted August Y, 1862; captured at Get- 
tysburg.— Jl/. R. M. 

COMPANY K. 

Hiram Devoe. 

Wright — Farmer ; married ; age 44 ; enlisted September 22, 
44 



3-16 ScHOHAKiE County Veterans. 

1862; discharged December 25, 1863; re-cnlisted in Ninth New 
York Heavy Artillery, August 24, 1864; discharged July 6, 1865; 
died 1889. Children, William A., Augustus, Augusta, Libbie. 

William H. Baker. 
Fulton — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 13, 1862; 
did full service until wounded by gunshot in left leg at Gettysburg, 
July 1, 1863; treated at Fort Schuyler Hospital ; rejoined his regi- 
ment on the day previous to the battle of Lookout Mountain ; did 
full service until wounded again by gunshot in right arm at the 
battle of Kenesaw Mountain ; treated at Louisville, Ky., Jefferson- 
ville, Ind., Chicago, 111., and Eskanoba, Mich.; discharged at Chi- 
cago, HI., September 3, 1865; West Fulton, N. Y.; farmer; mar- 
ried. Children, Lillie, Nora, Edgar, Edith, Bertha. 

John Palmatier. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted August 22, 1862; 
did full and regular service until captured while serving as a detailed 
forager, near Union Point, .Ga.; was confined at Augusta for a 
week, and then taken to the Stockade prison at Florence, S. C. ; re- 
mained in that prison four or five months, and then taken to Rose- 
burg, and a week afterward to a river, where he was paroled and 
met a Union boat, and was taken to Wilmington, N. C; here he re- 
mained in hospital for two weeks, and was then sent to Annapolis, 
and as soon as able to travel was furloughed home for thirty days ; 
returned to Baltimore and was transferred to Albany, where he re- 
mained until discharged, July 6, 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y. ; laborer; 
married. Daughtei", Mary. 

Stephen Jarvis. 

Middlehurg — Gunsmith ; single ; age 44 ; enlisted September 1, 
1862; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps and Ordnance Depart- 
ment, April 10, 1864. — Al. R. M. 

George W. Taggart. 

Fulton — Farmer ; single ; age — ; enlisted August 8, 1862 ; served 
in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in left arm at Gettysburg, 
July 1, 1863; treated at Satterlee Hospital, Philadelphia; trans- 
ferred to Company B, Seventh Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, 
June 16, 1864 ; discharged at Washington, June 29, 1865 ; Brooklyn, 
N. Y.; laborer ; married. 



War of the Rebellion". 347 

One Hundred and Thikty-sixth New York Infantry. 

Organized in September, 1862, and assigned to Steinwehr's Di- 
vision of the Eleventh Corps. 

COMPAJ^Y H, 

Levi Guernsey. 

Middlehurg — Farmer ; single ; age 2-J: ; enlisted August 19, 1862; 
detailed as ambulance driver at the beginning of his service; con- 
tracted rheumatism in February of 1863, and in quarters; captured 
in September of 1868. {See Prison Report.) After exchange was 
brought to Annapolis, and from there to Baltimore, and later fur- 
loughed home for thirty days ; reported at Baltimore, where he re- 
mained five months ; transferred to Governor's Island and to More- 
head City, N. C; rejoined his regiment at Kaleigh and served until 
discharged with his regiment by general orders, and mustered out at 
Kochester ; East Cobleskill, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Daughter, 
Luella. #• 

One Hundred and Forty-second New York Infantry. 
Organized at Ogdensburg, from companies raised in St. Lawrence 
and Franklin counties. It was mustered into the United States 
service, September 29, 1862. It remained in Washington until 
April 19, 1863, when it moved to Suffolk, Va. It became attached 
to Gordon's Division, and with it marched up the Peninsula, in June, 
1863. Was sent to Morris Island, August IT, 1863, and in May, 1864, 
joined Butler's Army of tiie James, being in Curtis' Brigade, Tur- 
ner's Division, Tenth Army Corps. During the battle of Cold Harbor 
it was temporarily attached to the Eighteenth Army Corps. In 
December following it became part of the newly-formed Twenty- 
fourth Army Corps and sailed with Butler on his first expedition 
against Fort Fisher. lu the second attack on that place the regiment 
was led by its former colonel, then General Curtis. Engagements: 
John's Island, Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, 
Petersburg Mine, Siege of Petershurg, Ohapin's Farm, Darbytown 
Road, Fort Fisher. The members here recorded are reci-uits, who 
joined the regiment in the fall of 1864. 

COMPANY I. 

Seymour Nostrant. 

Esperance — Ropemaker ; married ; age 28 ; enlisted August 22, 
1864; discharged June 7, 1865; Castleton, N. Y.; teamster; mar- 



348 ScHOHARic County Veterans. 

ried. Children, Frank, Elmer, Harriette, William, Eva, Fannie, 
Clara. 

Peleg Cole. 

Esperance — Age 27 ; enlisted August 80, 1864:; wounded by 
gunshot in right shoulder at Fort Fisher ; discharged from hospital. 
—M. R. Amsterdam, N. Y. 

John Montanye. 

Esperance — Farmer; married ; age 27 ; enlisted August 30, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm, Va.; wounded by gunshot, at 
Fort Fisher, Deceml)er 15, 1804, in right upper thigh ; treated at 
Fort Schuyler Hospital ; transferred to Troy and discharged, June, 
1865 ; Esperance, N. Y.; farmer ; married. Son, Charles, 

Jacob Conover. 

Esperance — Farmer; married; age 44; enlisted August 31, 

^l864 ; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm ; detailed as teamster 

and served on that duty until discharged, June 7, 1865 ; died in 

1885, leaving a widow and children, Jackson, Rockwell, Edward, 

Aurelia, Mary E., John J., Prentiss. 

William J. McDuffie. 

Esperance — Carpenter; single; age 21 ; enlisted September 6, 
1864 ; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm, and served in line of 
duty until December, 1864, when he was treated for diarrhea in 
regimental hospital for three weeks ; returned to duty and served 
regularly until discharged, June 29, 1865; Esperance, N. Y. ; car- 
penter ; married. 

Francis Dinegar. 

Esperance — Blacksmith; single; age 18; enlisted August 22, 
1864; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm, and served regularly 
in line of duty until discharged, June 7, 1865 ; Esperance, IST. Y. ; 
laborer; widower. Children, Lizzie, Hattie. 

William Demott. 

Espera/nce — Farmer; single; age 28; enlisted September 6, 
1864 ; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm ; served on regular duty 
until he contracted lung trouble, diarrhea and piles at Fort Fisher; 
treated in hospital at Washington ; rejoined his regiment at Raleigh, 
N. C, and served until discharged by general orders, June 16, 1865; 



War of the Rebellion. 349 

Central Bridge, N. Y. ; fonndryiiian ; married. Children, Edward 
E., Maggie, John. 

James McCarty. 

Esperance — Harness-maker; single; age 19 ; enlisted Augnst 20, 
1864 ; joined the regiment at Chapin's Farm by way of Hart's Island 
and City Point ; wounded by gunshot in left hip, during a skirmish 
at New Market Road, October 27, 1864 ; also " thirteen dangerous 
gunshots through his military uniform of private;" treated at Jones' 
Landing and Point of Rocks in December, 1864 ; furlonghed home, 
January 17, 1865 ; returned to Point of Rocks; sent to Baltimore, to 
New York city, and to Albany, and discharged August, 1865 ; 
Amsterdam, N. Y. ; mason ; married. Children, Lula, John, Eddie, 
Frederick, Jessie, Aggie, Edith. 

Wilson Huested. 

Esperance — Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 20, 1864 ; 
the only son of a widow ; wounded by gunshot in left leg at New 
Market Road, October 27, 1864; suffered amputation of the leg at 
Fortress Monroe Plospital, and died November 15, 1864 ; Hampton 
Cemetery, Row 10, Section E, Grave 15. 

Paul Shafer, Great-grandson of the Revolution. 

Esperance — Carpenter ; married ; age 28 ; enlisted August 29, 
1864; joined his regiment at Cha|)in's Farm; participated in the en- 
gagement at Darliytown Road, and became an " old soldier ; " did 
regular service with his regiment until discharged, June 7, 1865 ; 
Amsterdam, N. Y.; carpenter ; married. Children, Elizabeth, Belle, 
Annie, Hasie, Blanche. 

Alexander Campbell. 

Esperance — Paper-maker ; married ; age 35 ; enlisted August 29, 
1864; discharged June 7, 1865; residence, 54 Bassett street, Albany, 
N. Y.; laborer ; married. Children, Eliza A., William H., Alex. J., 
Eva, Amelia, Chester D., John E., Frank B. 

Peter P. Shafer, Grandson of the Revolution. 

Esperance — Farmer ; married ; age 44 ; enlisted August 30, 1864; 
discharged June 16, 1865, at Smithville, N. C. ; died at Albany, May 
18, 1S72. Son Paul in the service ; Daughters, Mrs. Alex. Campbell, 
Catharine, Diana, Christina, Nancy. 



350 Schoharie County Veterans. 

company k. 

Wellington Crounse. 

'Sharon — Fanner; single ; age 18 ; enlisted September 1, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm, and served in line of duty un- 
til wounded by gunsliot in left leg at Fort Fisher, January 19, 1864; 
treated at Morehcad Cit^'^ and at Newberne; rejoined his regiment. 
May 8, 1865, at Raleigh, and discharged June 10, 1865; Sharon 
Centre, N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Anna E., Eva C, Stan- 
ley A. 

George Ressegieu. 

Sharon — Farmer; single ; age 26 ; enlisted September 1, 1864 ; 
joined tlie regiment at Chapin's Farm ; contracted typhoid fever, 
and treated in hospital ; rejoined his regiment and served until dis- 
charged by general orders, June 7, 1865 ; Argusville, N. Y.; farmer ; 
married. Son, Merle. 

Henry Gardinier. 

Sharon — Farmer; single ; age 17; enlisted September 1, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm, October 13 ; last seen while in 
the engagement at Darbytuwn Road ; killed, or died in the hands of 
the enemy. 

One Hundred and Forty-fodrth New York Infantry. 

Organized in September, 1862, and assigned to Hatches' Division, 
Department of South Carolina. It was composed, mainly, from men 
raised from Deleware county. It suffei'ed considerable loss from 
disease, owing to the unhealthy location of its camps on the islands 
about Charlestown. Engagements : John's Island, James' Island, 
Siege of Wagner, Deveaux Neck and Honey Hill. 

COMPANY H. 

Joseph McKee. 

Blenheim — Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted August 30, 1862 ; 
died February 8, 1863, at Finlay Hospital, Washington, of typhoid 
fever and gangrene ; buried at Blenheim, N. Y. 

Isaac Dykeman. 

Snmmit — Fanner; single; age 21 ; enlisted August 30, 1862; 
died at FoUey Island Hospital, S. C, October 8, 1863.— M. R. 



Wae of the Rebellion. 351 

Abram H. Van Buren. 

Je^'erson — Farmer ; single ; age 2G ; enlisted August 15, 1862 ; 
did full service until he received shock from exploding shell, at 
Morris Island, which, complicated with measles, caused his death, 
October 18, 1863; buried in Beaufort Cemetery, S. C, Grave No. 
9, Section 28.— M. i?., and Roll of Honor. 

Peter A, Van Buren. 

Jefferson — Fanner ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted Sej)tember 5, 1862 ; 
received a "medal of honor from General Gilmore for ' brave and 
meritorious conduct,' in the intrenchments at Fort Wagner;" killed 
at the battle of Honey Hill, S. C, by a shell which severed botli legs 
near the body, November 30, 1864.— M. R. 

Jacob A. Van Buren. 

Jefferson — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September 1, 1862; 
did full service until discharged, June 25, 1865 ; North Harpersfield, 
N. Y.; farmer; married. Children, Norman, Charles, Samantha, 
Harriett, Fannie, Laura, Ella. 

Omer Champlin. 

Gilboa — Farmer ; married ; age 30 ; enlisted September, 1862 ; 
honorably discharged ; is dead. Children, Nora, Clarence, Loever. 

One Hundred and Forty- sixth New York Infantry. 

Organized in September, 1862, and assigned to Ayers' Division of 
the Fifth Corps. 

COMPANY I. 

Solomon J. Wheaton. 

Esperance — Mason ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 2, 1864 ; 
discharged June, 1865. — M. H. M. 

J. B. Lowne. 

V^right — ^ Blacksmith ; age 46 ; enlisted ,1864; discharged 

, 1865.— J/. R. M. 

One Hundred and Fiftieth New York Infantry. 
Organized October, 1862, and assigned to Williams' Division of the 
Twelfth Corps. At the time the men, whose records follow,' joined 



352 Schoharie County Veterans. 

tlie regiment, the Twelfth Corps had been consolidated with the 
Eleventh, and the regiment was at that time a part of the Twentieth 
Army Corps. 

COMPANY D. ' 

Andrew Brayman. 

Fulton — Laborer; married; age 31 ; enlisted August 31, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Atlanta, and did full service until discharged 
by orders war department, June 8, 1865 ; died in the alms-house. 
Children, John, Charles, William. 

Stephen King. 

Middleburg ~-'YQ?k\\\^iQ,v \ widower; age 30 ; enlisted August 31, 
1864; discharged from hospital, June 8, 1865; Middleburg, N. Y.? 
married ; laborer. Children, Norman, Gidd M., Harriet, Henry. 

David Diamond. 

Middleburg — Laborer ; married ; age — ; enlisted August 31, 
1864; joined his regiment at Atlanta; died on the mai*ch through 
South Carolina, and buried at Broad River, February 20, 1865, 
Children, John, Etta. 

Abram Warner. 

Fulton — Farmei"; mai'ricd ; age 44 ; enlisted August 81, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Atlanta and did regular service in line of 
duty until discharged by general orders, June 8, 1865 ; Middleburg, 
N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, William, Rachel, Martha, James, 
Garry, Abram, Jr., Frederick, Lydia, Lawrence, Alice, Ada. 

Henry Palmatier. 

Fulton — Laborer; married; age — ; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; 
joined his regiment at Atlanta; died, leaving widow and children, 
John H., Caroline, Mary, Nancy, Harmon, Libbie, Catharine. 

Stephen Winnie. 

Middleburg — Laborer; married; age 25; enlisted August 31, 
1864 ; joined his regiment at Atlanta; contracted fever and was dis- 
charged from hospital, June 21, 1865 ; Flat Rock, Mich.; farmer; 
married. Children, Elizabeth, Martha, John, Hattie, Sarah, Francis, 
Eve. 



War of the Rebellion. 353 



COMPANY K. 



Augustus Warrick. 

Middleburg — Blacksmith ; nuirried ; age — ; enlisted August 18, 
1864 ; joined iiis regiment at Atlanta ; sent to hospital at Chat- 
tanooga and to New York ; discharged June 18, 1865. — Town Rec- 
ord. M. 

One Hundred and Fifty-first New York Infantry. 
Organized in October, 1862, and assigned to Ricketts' Division of 
the Sixth Corps. 

COMPANY B. 

George W. Tillapaugh, Corporal. 

Carlisle — Engineer; single; age 22 ; enlisted at Lockport, N. 
Y., August 16, 1862 ; daring a Hank movement of the Army of the 
Potomac, to the left, on May 31, 1864, at Totopotomoy Creek, Com- 
pany B was tired into by other Union troops, who supposed it to be 
the enemy ; Corporal Tillapaugh received a gunshot in the knee 
which necessitated amjjutation ; after a tedious journey by ambu- 
lance, to Stanton Hospital, he died at that place, June 21, 1864; 
buried in Arlington Cemetery. 

One Hundred and Fifty-second New York Infantry, 
company i. 

William Vanpatten. 

Summit — Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enrolled September 24, and 
mustered into United States service, October 15, 1862 ; discharged 
at Albany, for disability resulting from fever, October 5, 1864 ; died 
May 3, 1866.— if. li. 

One Hundred and Fifty-third New York Infantry.* 

COMPiVNY E. 

Peter A. Vroman. 

Sharon — Farmer; married; age 21 ; enlisted January 4, 1864 ; 
contracted dysentery, chills and fever; was treated for six weeks in 

*The One Hundred and Fifty-third was attached to Dwight's Division of^'the 
Nineteenth Army Corps. 
45 



354 Schoharie County Vetekans. 

hospital at Savannah ; diseliarged October 2, 1865. — M. R. Sharon 
Centre, N. Y.\ farmer; married. Cliildren, Wilson N,, George D., 
Grace, Kittle, Carrie, Fred, Edith, Dollie. 

George W. Moak. 

Sharon — Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted January 4, 1864; 
contracted edema of the legs ; furloughed home ; returned to his 
regiment and discharged May 22, 1865. — M. R. M. 

One Hundred and Fifty- seventh New York Infantry. 

Organized in September, 1862, and assigned to Schurz's Division 
of the Eleventh Corps. 

COMPANY' E. 

Orville O. Davenport. 

Esperance — Student ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted July 28, 1862 ; 
wounded at Gettysburg by six gunshots, one through tibia of right 
leg, one in right fore-arm, one through side of back, one in left side 
of back, and still remaining in the bod}', one flesh wound of right 
fore-arm, and one of right leg ; treated at Bedloe's Island, Fort 
Schuyler and McDougall Hospitals, and discharged for disability, 
December 22, 1868 ; Sloansville, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, 
Mary G., Earl F. 

One Hundred and Sixty-ninth New York Infantry, 
company i. 

Andrew Desilvia. 

Gilboii — Farmer ; siuirle ; enlisted August 26, 1864 ; discharged. 
— Town Record. Dead. 

One Hundred and Seventy-first New York Infantry^ 
did not complete its organization. 

COMPANY E. 

Charles Hummel. 

Schoharie — Married; age 20; enlisted September 13, 1864: dis- 
charged July 12, 1865.~7bi«/i Record. M. 



War of the Eebellion. 355 

One Hundred and Seventy-fifth New York Infantry. 
Organized October, 1862, and nttached to Grover's Division of the 
Nineteenth Corps. After tliis corps was recalled from the south-west, 
recruits were enlisted to fill its ranks, and a large number were en- 
rolled from this county by Lieutenant Sexton. The movements of 
the regiment after being joined by our men from Schoharie county 
can be inferred from the record of Corporal Webster. 

Alexander M. Webster, Corporal. 

Cohleshill — Farmer ; married ; age — ; enlisted September 7, 
18G-1: ; left Albany for Hart's Island, September 25 ; Hart's Island 
for Baltimore and Harper's Ferry, October 6, and remained at the 
last place until October 26 ; joined his regiment, October 29, 1864 ; 
appointed company commissary and second corporal, November 2; 
detailed in train guard from Winchester to Martinsburg; on Thanks- 
giving day he drew rations of turkey, geese and whisky for the 
company. (No veteran will infer that any of these rations went 
farther than the company commissary's tent.) Did regular duty with 
his regiment until the latter part of December, when he was made 
one of a detail for guard at Signal Corps head-quarters, five miles from 
Winchester on Sugar Loaf Mountain, and in comfortable quarters ; 
on the 31st of December he visited the poor-house of the county of 
Winchester, Va., and was provided with a dinner of beefsteak, bread, 
apple pie, baked potatoes, baked duck pie, and cream coffee ; as he 
has omitted the wine list I submit the menu to the credulity of vete- 
rans generally ; he staid at the poor-house all night ; reported at 
Winchester for duty, January 6, 18(55 ; arrived at Savannah with 
his regiment, January 22, by way of Harper's Ferry and Baltimore; 
sent as prison guard to Fort Pulaski, February 17, and remained on 
such duty until March 5, when the regiment was transported to B[il- 
ton Head, to Fort Fisher and to Newberne, N. C, where they re- 
mained in barracks until March 18 ; on that day the regiment was 
ordered out at road-making in the direction of Kingston; during 
the two weeks the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth was engaged in 
this business, some one lost twenty-five sheep and several pigs — evi- 
dently not the company commissary, and perhaps no one belonging to 
the regiment ; the regiment remained in the city of Kingston until 
April 11, when it was ordered to Goldsborough, where it re- 
mained until May 1, and was then ordered to Morehead City and by 
transport to Savannah ; on the 15th of May Corporal Webster was 
detailed with fifty men to secure the timber of one of the forts which 



356 Schoharie County Veterans. 

had been appropriated by the Rebel citizens under the " Cabl)age" 
statute; tlie timber was found and secured under protest of the 
Rebels, and the approval of the commanding officer ; in June 
was with detail of twenty-five men to cut wood five miles from the 
city, foi- camp use ; returned to camp after one week, and a few 
days later volunteered as corporal for special duty, and reported on 
board the steamer" Governor Osborne," destination Augusta, to bring 
away the gold captured from Jefferson Davis ; while engaged with 
the guard, in shipping and stowing the gold, Webster became satis- 
fied that it would be comparatively safe to leave a ten gallon keg 
full of gold alone with a corporal, and a commissary at that ; the 
treasure was deposited safely at Savannah and the corporal reported 
to his company, July 1, lb>65 ; the regiment embarked on the steamer 
" North Star " for New York and was mustered out at Albany, July 
8, 1865 ; Cobleskill, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Sarah L., 
Margaret J. 

COMPANY E. 

Philip Moore. 

Cobleskill — Carpenter; married; age 44; enlisted August 31, 
1864 ; joined his regiment at Cedar Creek ; received slight gunshot 
wound on right shoulder at battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864; 
did full service until discharged with the regiment, June 3i>, 1865 ; 
Cobleskill, N. Y. ; citizen ; married. Children, Peter, David, How 
ard, Nora. 

William A. Rockwell. 

Esperance — Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted September 19, 
1864 ; joined his regiment at Cedar Creek and did full service until 
discharged by general orders, Juno 30, 1865; Esperance, N. Y. ; 
stone-dealer; married. Children, Agnes M., Ida M., Dewitt, Emory, 
Ethel, Rex. 

Garret Empie. 

Sharon — Laborer; nuirried ; age 32; eiilisted September 27, 
1864 ; joined the regiment at Cedar Creek ; contracted bilious fever 
and treated for two montlis at Jarvis and Chestnut Hill Hospitals ; 
rejoined his regiment at Goldsborough, N. C, and did regular service 
until discharged by general orders, June 30, 1865 ; Sharon Centre, 
N. Y. ; farmer ; widower. Children, Elizabeth, Charles. 



War of the Rebellion. 357 

Erastus Pickett. 

Seward — Laborer ; luarried ; age 45 ; enlisted September 5, 1864; 
contracted typhoid fever soon after entering service, and died in hos- 
pital at Winchester, Va., November 24, 1804 ; leaving widow. Chil- 
dren, Peter, Nancy J., George H., Samuel. 

David A. Kilts. 

Sharon — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted September 29, 1864 ; 
contracted pneumonia at Baltimore ; rejoined his regiment by boat, 
at Savannah; did no regular duty afterward; discharged with his 
regiment, June 30, 1865 ; married afterward; died in 1887, leaving 
children, Ellen, Mamie. 

William J. Kilts. 

Seioard — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted September 29, 1804 ; 
contracted camp fever and diarrhea at Fort Pulaski ; treated at hos- 
pital at Newberne for two weeks, and then detached to the Thir- 
teenth Connecticut ; after two weeks left the regiment without per- 
mission and joined his regiment at Kingston ; detailed as orderly 
until tlie "fall of Richmond;" rejoined his company and returned 
to Savannah ; was discharged with his regiment, June 30, 1865, and 
mustered out at Albany, July 12, 1805 ; Cobleskill, N. Y. ; hotel- 
keeper ; married. Children, Jason, Clara. 

John I. Davenport. 

Seward — Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted September 29, 1864 ; 
contracted camp fever at Savannah and remained at that place, with- 
out doing full duty, until dischai'ged with his regiment, June 30, 1865; 
Hyndsville, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Ira, Rhoda, Peter, 
Leona, Leslie, Irving, Abraham. 

Luther D. Carle. 

Sharon — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted September 27, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Cedar Creek, and did regular service until 
discharged, June 30, 1865, and mustered out at Albany, July 12, 
1865; Canajoharie, N. Y. ; saloon-keeper. Children, Ena, May, 
Albert. 

Harman Warner. 

Seioard — Painter ; married ; age 36 ; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; 
transferred to First Rhode Island, Battery D, in October ; rejoined 
his regiment, June 1, and served regularly until discharged, June 30, 



358 Schoharie County Veterans. 

1865; mustered out at Albany, July 13, 1865; Seward, N. Y.; 
painter; widower. Children, Ada, May, Fenton. 

Alex Collins. 

Shai^on — Fanner; single; age 20 ; enlisted September 27, 1864; 
served regularly with his regiment until discharged, June 13, 1865 ; 
Argusville, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Julia, Hattie. 

William E. Richards. 

Summit — Farmer ; single; age 25 ; enlisted September 30, 1864; 
served regularly with his regiment uutil discharged by order war 
department at Savannah, May 15, 1865 ; Summit, N. Y. ; farmer ; 
married. Children, Albert, Orlin H. 

Henry "Wendell. 

Richmondville — Painter ; married ; age 36 ; enlisted September 
5, 1864; contracted throat and lung trouble, treated in a general 
hospital, rejoined his regiment, and served regularly until discharged, 
June 30, 1865 ; died May 28, 1884, leaving a widow and children, 
Lewis S., Frances E., Bertha A. 

Martin H. Vandewerker. 

Seward — Farmer ; married ; age 22 ; enlisted September 12, 1864 ; 
joined his regiment at Cedar Creek ; contracted diarrhea and was 
treated at Winchester, Va.; rejoined his regiment at Savannah ; con- 
tracted diarrhea and measles at that place, but remained with his 
company until discharged, June 30, 1865, and mustered out, July 
12, at Albany ; Seward, N. Y. ; laborer; married. Children, Anna, 
James, Myrta, Bertha, Claud, Mollie. 

William H. Southworth, Hospital Steward. 

Seward — Painter and teacher ; single; age 26 ; enlisted August 
20, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Cedar Creek ; was wounded in the 
battle at that place, October 19, by gunshot in left leg, and one caus- 
ing rupture; treated at Sheridan Hospital; detailed as hospital 
steward at Savannah, and served in that capacity until discharged, 
and mustered out with his regiment at Albany, July 12, 1865 ; 
Hyndsville, N. Y. ; teacher ; married. 

Abram Warner. 

Seward — Painter; married; enlisted August 20, 1864; joined 
his regiment at Cedar Creek; contracted lung trouble ; remained with 



War of the Eebellion". 359 

his regiment until discharged, Jnne 30, 1865, and mustered out at 
Albany, July 12 ; died since, leaving a widow and children, Carrie, 
Mattie, Maggie. 

David A. Moak. 

Seward — Shoemaker; married ; age 33; enlisted September 12, 
1864 ; contracted deafness ; did regnlar service until discharged with 
his regiment and mustered out at Albany, July 12, 1865 ; killed by 
railroad train, April 7, 1887 ; left a widow and children, Howard 
A., Karson S., Arthur, Frank S. 

Stephen J. Mereness, Corporal. 

Sharon — Carpenter ; married ; age 41 ; enlisted September 27, 
1864 ; joined the regiment at Cedar Creek ; served on the move- 
ments of the regiment through all its travels ; detailed as provost 
marshal's clerk at Fort Pulaski, and served as clerk on muster out 
rolls ; mustered out at Albany, July 12, 18G5 ; Sharon Centre, 
N. Y. ; insurance ; married. Daughter, Inez. 

Chester Allen. 

Seward — ■ Carpenter ; married ; age 26 ; enlisted September 2, 
1864; contracted malarial fever at Savannah; treated at Fort Pu- 
laski and Newberne, N. C; rejoined his regiment between Kings- 
ton and Goldsborough, and did full service afterward until dis- 
charged by general orders, and mustered out, July 12, 1865 ; died 
March, 1891. Children, Mary E., Charity, Libbie, Charles, Mabel. 

Peter A. Hiller. 

Sha7'on — Farmer ; single ; age 28 ; enlisted September 27, 1864; 
joined his regiment at Cedar Creek ; detailed as company clerk, regi- 
mental clerk, and P. M. ; contracted jaundice at Savannah ; treated 
in general hospital for three months ; furlonghed home and dis- 
charged, Jul}"- 13, 1865, by orders war department ; Cobleskill, N. Y.; 
citizen ; married. 

Charles L. Hotaling, Corporal. 

SJiaron — Age 23 ; served in the early part of the war in the 
Thirty-ninth Ohio Infantry ; enlisted September 27, 1864 ; con- 
tracted camp fever at Fort Pulaski, Ga., and shared the fortunes and 
pilgrimages of his comrade William Kilts ; discharged June 30, 
1865.— J/. R. 



360 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Samuel W. Fox. 

RichmondviUe — Farmer; married; age 36; enlisted August 31, 
1864 ; died of typhoid fever at Winchester, Va., November 22, 1864, 
leaving a widow and childi;en, Mary E., Gordon W., John C; Win- 
chester National Cemetery, Lot 16. 

Levi Schermerhorn. 

CobleskiU — His name does not appear on the muster-roll, although 
there is proof of his service in. the organization; died December 16, 
1870, of consumption ; he was discharged from Emory Hospital, 
Washington. 

One Hundred and Seventv-seventh New York Volunteer In- 
fantry. 
This regiment was largely*composed of men belonging to the old 
Tenth New York, which was recruited to the maximum number re- 
quired for a regular regiment of infantry, and entered the service for 
nine months, A majority of its members were residents of Albany 
county and but few were from Schoharie county. Enlistments for 
this regiment were made principally in September, October and 
November of 1862. At New York city it embarked on the steamer 
"Merrimac " for New OrUians, stoj)])ing at Hilton Head for three days 
for repairs, and affording the men an opportunity to hear the Gospel 
preached in colors, and to enjoy a Christmas sea-bath. At Pensacola, 
Fla., the regiment received their arms and equipments, and after a 
brief stay proceeded by same steamer to New Orleans. Here it be- 
came part of Sherman's Division of the Nineteenth Army Corps. 
After remaining in New Orleans, doing guard duty for about four 
weeks, it was transferred to Camp Pai-apet, and a week later to Bon- 
nie Carre, La. At tliis place the regiment was phiced on full duty 
at drill, fatigue and guard. The products of the various sugar plan- 
tations in that vicinity had been seized by the United States forces 
after the capture of New Orleans, and a lai'ge force was required to 
guard the storehouses at the several places. While the regiment 
lay at Bonnie Carre, a large percentage of the men succumbed to 
the malarious effects of the climate and water, many xlying in camp 
and on tlieir way by steamer to Cairo, 111. A day or two previous 
to the second unsuccessful assault on Port Hudson the regiment was 
transferred by steamer to that pUute and took part in the engagement, 
and remained as ])art of the besieging force until the place surren- 
dered. After some delay the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh 



War of the Rebellion". 361 

embarked for Cairo, 111., where it took cars for Albany, being dis- 
charged nearly a year after entering the service. Fox in his " Losses " 
gives the killed and died of wounds as nine ; disease, etc., one hun- 
dred and lifty-two. 

COMPANY A. 

Henry D. Wemple. 

' Wright — Single ; ago — ; enlisted October 23, 1862 ; served with 
his regiment until after the attack on Port Hudson ; died on his way 
home and buried at Memphis, Tenn. — Town Record. 

John H. Loucks. 

Wright — Married; age 31 ; enlisted September 24, 1862; dis- 
charged September 10, 1863 ; re-enlisted September 2, 1864, in 
Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-hfth New York Infantry ; 
wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, following ; dis- 
charged from hospital. — M. R. M. 

Willard Lounsbury. 
Wright — Single; age 16; enlisted October, 1862; did full 
service until discharged, September 25, 1863; re-enlisted August 9, 
1864, in Company I, Fifteenth New York Cavalry, for one year ; 
captured at Lacy Spring, December 20, 1864, and confined at Rich- 
mond, Ya., until paroled, February 15, 1865; discharged June 12, 
1865.— J/. R. M. 

Barney Lavery. 

Wright — Single; age 18 ; enlisted September 20, 1862; dis- 
charged September 10, 1863 ; wife resides at Middlebnrg, N. Y. 
Children, Florence, Elmina, Wesley, David. 

Charles Shafer. 

Wright — ^'mg\Q ; age 18 ; fanner; enlisted 22d of September, 
1862 ; did full service until discharged with his regiment, Septem- 
ber 25, 1863 ; re-enlisted August 16, 1864, in Company I, Fifteenth 
New York Cavalry ; discharged ; 23 White street, Cohoes, N. Y. ; 
furniture porter ; married. Children, Susie, John. 

Francisco Barton. 

TTW^A^ — Single ; age 20; enlisted October 25, 1862 ; discharged 
September 10, 1863.— Jl/. R. M. A. 
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362 Schoharie County Veterans. 

John L. Maxwell. 

Wright — Physician ; inaiTiLMl ; age 29 ; enlisted , 1862 ; did 

full service until wounded b}' gunshot in left foot ; treated in hospi- 
tal at I>aton Rouge, La.; served as ward surgeon in same hospital, 
until expiration of term of service ; East Florence, Oneida county, 
N. Y.\ ph^'sician ; married. Children, Park B., Carrie M., William 
E., Sadie. 

Edmund J. Bailey. 

Schoharie — Clerk; married ; enlisted , 1862; died of chronic 

diarrhea at Cairo, Ilk, 1863 ; widow since died. One son, Augustus, 
lUDw in the United States Army. 

Ezra Warner. 

Wright — Age 18 ; enlisted September 24, 1862 ; discharged Sep- 
tember 10, 1863 ; re-enlisted in Eleventh New York Independent 
Battery, August 13, 1864; discharged June 13, 1865. — Town Rec- 
ord. South Center street, Schenectadj^, N. Y.; miller ; mari-ied. 
Children, Henry, George, Ettie, May, and " three others." 

Thomas Carley. 

Wright — Age 29 ; enlisted October 23, 1862 ; discharged Septem- 
ber 10," 1863.— J/. B. M. 

Reuben A. Beller. 

Middleburg — Single; age 18; enlisted October 28,1862; dis- 
charged September 10, 1863. — M. li. Died a few years after the 
war, from suicidal insanity. 

COMPANY G. 

Uriah Hallenbeck, Corporal, Great-grandson of 1776. 

Fulton — Teacher; single; age 25 ; enlisted October 30^ 1862 ; 
died of cholera morbus at Cairo, Ilk, August 27, 1863. 

Spencer Zielie. 

Middleburg — Ilarjiess-maker ; single; age 24 ; enlisted October 
30, 1862 ; contracted malarial fever at Bonnie Carre.; died at Port 
Hudson, September 22, 1863. 

Robert Thomas, Chaplain. 
Middleburg — Baker; married; age 44 ; enlisted November 8 



War of the Rebellion. 363 

1862 ; appointed chaplain and served in that capacity until dis- 
charged, September 10, 1863.— 7)/. R. M. 

Clark Clow. 
Wright — Single; age 17 ; enlisted October 3, 1862 ; did full ser- 
vice until discharged with his regiment, September 18, 1863 ; re- 
enlisted in Compati}^ F, Forty-third New York Infantry, March 9, 
1865; discharged May 0, 1 865 ; died February 2,1883, leaving a 
widow and children, Charles, Ethe. 

Jacob Zimmer. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; age 31 ; enlisted October 31, 1862; dis- 
charged September 10, 1863.— i/. R. Died Febrnary 22, 1864, of 
disability contracted in the service. 

Jeremiah Nasholts. 

Middlehurg — Farmer; single ; age 23; enlisted November 15, 
1862 ; discharged September 10, 1863 ; died of asphyxia from gas at 
Albany in November, 1890. 

Jedediah Tompkins, Corporal. 

Middlehurg — Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted November 19, 
1862 ; transferred as orderly to the staff of General Banks ; con- 
tracted typhoid fever and died at New Orleans, July 30, 1863. — 
M. R. 

Madison Settle, 

Wrfght — Single; age 22; enlisted October 31, 1862; contracted 
fever and died on board a Mississippi steamer near Fort Pillow, 
August 26, 1863.— J/. R. 

John H. Mattice. 

Schoharie — Single; age 25 ; enlisted October 14, 1862 ; discharged 
September 10, 1865.— J/. R. 

One Hundred and Ninety-second New York Infantry. 
Organized March, 1865 ; was not assigned, owing to the late date 
of completing its organization ; it lost twenty- six men by disease. 

COMPANY H. 

Nicholas Sagendorf. 
Schoharie — Laborer ; single; age 16; enlisted March 10, 1865 ; 



364 Schoharie County Veterans. 

discliarged August 28, 1865; Gallupville, N. Y.; laborer; married. 
Cliildren, Mary E., Betsey M., William, Annie C, Katie F., El- 
inira, Ethel M. 

Two other names of men for this organization are given in the 
Town Record but they are not found on the Muster-Rolls^ which 
ajipear to be incomplete. 



MEN REPUTED AS DOI^'G HONORABLE SERVICE 
WHOSE RECORDS AND ORGANIZATIONS I CANNOT 
FIND. 

Foster Jump. 
Dead. 

David W. Burton. 
Died July 11, 1862. 

George Clapper. 
"Died at Hart's Island." 

Stanton Mattice. 

Company B, Ninety-first New Vork Infantry, died 1876, age 38. 



VETERANS SERVING IN OTHER STATE ORGANIZA- 
TIONS THAN NEW YORK. • 

Twenty-sixth "Wisconsin Infantry. 

company g. 

John Horn. 

Schoharie — "A native of Prussia;" enlisted August 12, 1862; 
discharged April 10, 1863 ; died August 6, 1863. 

FoRTY-NINTM WISCONSIN Vor.UNTEKR InFANTRT. 
COMPANY H. 

D. Ward Ellis. 

Broome — Laborer ; single ; age 20 ; eidisted March, 1865 ; dis- 
charged November, 1865; Curtis, Neb.; married; laborer. 



War of the Eebellion. 365 

Eighteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. 

company p. 

Harrison Kniskern. 

Blenheim — Cooper ; siiiiilc ; age 22 ; enlisted at Titusville, Pa., 
September 8, 1862; during his first two years' service he contracted 
bilious fever at Warrenton Junction, and measles at Culpeper C. H.; 
was taken prisoner at the battle of Mine Run, and confined in Aii- 
dersonville, Florence, and other prisons. {See Prison Report.) 
After a furlough home, returned to Annapolis and remained until 
discharged by general orders, at the close of the war; Franldinton, 
N. Y.; cooper ; married. 

Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry. 

company e. 

William A. Crapser, Lieutenant. 

Fulton — Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 26, 1861; 
served full term and discharged for re-enlistment at Portsmouth. 
Va., November 24, 1863; connnissioned second lieutenant in 
Second New York Mounted Rifles with rank from August 1, 1864; 
contracted rheumatism in the service, resulting in complete inability 
to walk for several years ; was wounded in right arm at Five Forks, 
Va.; discharged with his regiment, November, 1865 ; died Septem- 
ber 9, 1890, leaving a widow and children. 

Second New Jersey Cavalry. 

company f. 

Andrew Y. Guffin, Corporal. 

Carlisle — Farmer; single; age 16; enlisted at Jersey City, August 
17, 1864; rendezvous Trenton Barracks; joined his regiment at 
Memphis, Tenn.; served about Memphis against the Texas Rangers; 
took part in Grierson's famous raid through Mississippi, and with his 
regiment on picket duty around Natchez, during February following, 
the only white troops stationed at that place ; in March, the regi- 
ment was transferred to Carrolton, four miles above New Orleans, 
and in April to Stook's Landing, Mobile Bay — the dispatch post 
between Mobile and Pensacola ; after ten days' service was ordered 



366 Schoharie County Veterans. 

to Montgomery, Ala,, to Columbus, mid to Vicksburg, Miss.; dis- 
charged with his regiment at Vicksburg, July 22, 1865 ; Columbus, 
Cherokee county, Kan.; breeder of tine horses ; married. Children, 
Frank R, Nellie E. 

First New Jersey Cavalry. 

James H. Palmatier. 

Schoharie — Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted at Newark, JST. J., 
while on a visit to friends ; joined his regiment at Trenton, and ar- 
rived at Washington in August, 1862 ; his regiment took the field 
early in 1862, and served in General Bayard's Cavalry Brigade ; he 
was killed by a blow on the head from a saber at the battle of 
Brandy Station, June 9, 1863. 

Rhode Island Light Artillery. 

David S. Coons. 

Schoharie — Married ; farmer ; age 22 ; enlisted September 5, 
1864 ; killed by accident, October 22, 1864. 

Second United States Horse Baitery. 

George Ham, Corporal. 

Blenheim, — Farmer; single; age 23; enlisted in 1859; during 
the civil war he participated with his battery in the following en- 
gagements : First Bull Run, West Point, Gaines Mill, Nelson's 
Farm, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, 
Fi-edericksburg, Salem Heights, Gettysi)urg, Culpeper, Raccoon 
Ford, Stej)hensburg, Jack's Shop, MertoJi Ford, Brand}' Station, 
Bealton Station, Major's Farm, Chancellorsville, Todd's Tavern, 
Beaver Dam Station, Glen Allen, Cold Harbor, Milford, Hawe's 
Shop, Matteawan Creek, Ruthn's Farm, Old Church, Yellow Tavern, 
Bottoms Bridge, Trevellyn Station, Strausburg, Southtield, Middle- 
town, Winchester, Milford, and Leroy ; was wounded during his 
service, on the head and in the arm ; Severy, Kansas ; married. 
Ciiildren. 

George Chilson. 

E-sperance — Enlisted in the three months' service, at the begin- 
ning oi the war, and was stationed at Norfolk, Va.; nothing more is 
learned from his mother, who thinks he is still living"; his brother, 



Wae of the Rebellion. 367 

Loren, served in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth 
New York. 

John N. Wilsey. 

Schoharie — Fanner ; single ; age 29; enlisted in Company K, 
First Massachusetts, December, 1863 ; transferred to navy ; not heard 
from. — Toivn Record. 

Thirtieth New Jersey Yolunteek Infantry, 
company b. 

William H. Jackson. 

Summit — Clerk ; single ; enlisted for a short term in the above 
organization, which was assigned to the Army of the Potomac ; he 
served his term of enlistment, and then entered the contract service 
and served in the quartermaster's department at Nashville," Tenn.- 
died at his home in Charlotteville, of tj'phoid fever, April 2, 1868. 

David Sperbeck. 

Riclimondville — Had been a sailor for several years before en- 
listing in the cavalry service of the Regular Army in 1856 ; served 
five years and then enlisted in the United States Navy, serving thir- 
teen months ; Cooj)erstown, N. Y. 

Navy. 

William J. Blodgett. 

Middlebury — Seaman; single; age 30 ; enlisted August, 1861; 
assigned to steamer " Santiago De Cuba" at Brooklyn ; cruised along 
the Atlantic coast and West Indies on a " roving commission," con- 
voying outgoing and incoming mail steamers ; followed the Rebel 
privateer "Alabama" around the "West Indies and South America, un- 
til she left American waters ; after the capture of New Orleans, the 
"Santiago De Cuba" served as a " dispatch boat;" after over two years' 
service Comrade Blodgett was transferred, for a short time, to the 
steamer "Powhattan," then sent to Boston on the "Santiago DeCuba," 
which had become disabled, and discharged; on June 20, 1864, he 
re-eulisted and was assigned to Company G, Fifth Vermont Infantry, 
and joined his regiment at Monocacy, Md., at the beginning of the 
Shenandoah campaign ; he served regularly in line of duty through 
the Yalley, before Petersburg, to the Appomattox, and after the 



3GS Schoharie County Veterans. 

surrender of Lee, to the surrender of Johnson ; marched in the 
Grand Review at Washington, and was discharged at Falls Church, 
Va., June 29, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y.; mechanic ; single. 

Augustus Rickard. 

Middlebarg — Farmer ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted in 1861, and 
was assigned to the steamer " Pensacola," and served a full term of 
three years on board that vessel ; re-enlisted for another term of 
three yeai-s, assigned to the same steamer, and served regularly until 
discharged at end of term; came home, married, and died in June, 
1883, leaving a widow and children, Winnie, Madison, Arthur. 

Chauncy Eckerson. 

Middleburg — Paper-maker ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted August 
20, 18()2, as landsman at the naval rendezvous at New York city ; 
served in the guard licet at Newberne, N. C; discharged from United 
States steamer " Whitehead" and from the naval service, Septem- 
ber 2, 1863 ; died at Middleburg, N. Y., May 30, 1872. 

Milo R. Dibble. 

Summit — Farmer; single ; age 21 ; enlisted at Buffalo, August 
22, 1864; assigned to the steamer " Wabash" of the North Atlan- 
tic squadron; took part in the engagement at Fort Fisher; was 
transferred to steamer " I. M. Seymour " and discharged at Phila- 
delphia, June 12, 1865 ; Coralitos, Santa Cruz county, Cal.; farmer; 
married. Daughter, May A. 

Philip Eckerson. 

Cohleskill — Farmer; single; age 18 ; enlisted for one year at 
New York city ; served on board the " Galena " at the siege of Forts 
Morgan, Gaines, and Powell ; discharged at end of term at Philadel- 
])hia ; re-enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Eighth New York 
Infantry in March, 1865 ; served two months and was then dis- 
charged ; dead. 

Lewis H. Kniskern, Surgeon. 

Schoharie — Single ; medical student ; appointed assistant surgeon 
and assigned to iluty on l)oard transport " Mary Powell '' at Port 
Royal. — A. Clinton, Iowa ; physician ; married. 



War of the Rebellion. 369 

UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS. 

There are many dates in the records of the colored men who en- 
tered the army from Schoharie county tliat I am nnablc to obtain, 
the muster-rolls of the Regular Army not being accessible. Many 
living are not able to remember the exact date of their enhstment or 
discharge. The majority from this county served in the Twentieth 
and Twenty-sixth United States Colored Troops. It appears from 
the testimony of the men, that at some time during their service, the 
T wen t}'^- sixth and Twentieth were consolidated ; but I infer that 
such impression has arisen from a fact of transfer of some of the 
men from the Twenty-sixth to the Twentieth. As it is not very 
material to this object I will place them as they enlisted, without 
further comment. 

Eleventh United S'iates Colored Troops. 

company e. 

John Lewis. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; married ; age 23 ; enlisted September 2, 
1863 ; did regular service until wounded by gunshot in right arm at 
Plaquemine, La.; treated for six months in hospital ; detailed to 
quartermaster's department for six months, and then rejoined his 
regiment ; discharged September 11, 1865 ; Cobleskill, N.Y.; laborer; 
married. Children, Harriett, Mary A., John P., Roy. 

John Ray. 

Schoharie — Laborer; single; age 21; enlisted September 2, 
1863 ; killed at Plaquemine, La,, while on picket duty. 

James Kilmer. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted September 2, 
1863 ; killed at English Bend, La., while on picket duty. 

Jacob H, Teabout. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted September 2, 
1863 ; died from injury of the knee, at Kew Orleans, June 30, 1864. 
" The Roll of Honor places him in the Fourteenth Rhode Island 
Cavalry. 

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370 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Twentieth United States Coloked Troops, 
company d. 

Jacob Charlton, Sergeant. 
Middleh urg — FArmcr ; married; age 23 ; enlisted December 31, 
1863 ; did regular service without disability, until discharged at New 
Orleans, La., October 7, 1865 ; Middieburg, N. Y. 

COMPANY E. 

Tobias Lane. 

Cohleskill — Coachman ; single ;age 26 ; enlisted January 4, 1864; 
discharged at New Orleans, October 8, 1865 ; died at Cobleskill, 
N. Y., January 13, 1889. Daughter, Mary Joana Lane. 

COMPANY E. 

Peter Lawyer. 

Middieburg — Laborer; married ; age 25 ; enlisted December 31, 
1863; did regular service until discharged at New Orleans, October 
7, 1865 ; died June 5, 1889, leaving children, Evaline, Charles D., 
Catharine M., James C, Fannie. 

COMPANY F. 

Henry Hamilton. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted December 22, 1863 ; 
joined his regiment at Hiker's Island, and served at New Orleans ; 
contracted chills and fever ; discharged with his regiment at New 
Orleans, October 7, 1865 ; Central Bridge, N. Y. ; laborer ; mar- 
ried. Children, William, Abram, Wallace, Marcus, Ada, John, Am- 
brose F. 

COMPANY H. 

John Woodworth. 

Schoharie — Laborer; enlisteJ November, 1863; killed in Loui- 
siana during a skirmisli at the close of the war. 

George Teabout. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; single ; enlisted November, 1863 ; resides at 
Coxsackie, N. Y. ; married; laborer. Children, Jacob H., Annie E., 
Pierce, Hezekiah, Morse, Lucia, Helen. 



Wak of the Rebellion". 371 

Benjamin Tulley. 

Middleburg — Laborer; single; age 38 ; date of enlistment not 
known ; contracted diarrhea in tlie service; treated in hospital; re- 
joined liis regiment and served until discharged, October 7, 1865 ; 
Middlebnrg, N. Y. 

COMPANY I. 

Charles Murphey. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted January 12, 1864 ; 
served the greater part of his terra on detail as orderly at head- 
quarters ; discharged at New Orleans July 7, 1865 ; Syracuse, N. 
y.; laborer; married. One child, Martha A. 

George Burhans. 

Middleburg — Laborer; married ; age 20 ; enlisted December 31, 
1863; was injured by a fall while on a steamer en route for Milli- 
ken's Bend, and died from the effects soon afterward. 

Jeremiah Zant. 

Middleburg — Laborer ; married; age 20 ; enlisted December 31, 
1863 ; contracted typhoid fever ; treated at David's Island and dis- 
charged from that place ; Middleburg, IS^. Y.; citizen ; married. Chil- 
dren, Sarah, Frank, Flora, Freddie. 

Thomas Larkins. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted January 14, 1863 ; 
contracted chills and fever; treated in hospital at New Orleans ; dis- 
charged with his regiment, October T, 1865; Schoharie, N. Y.; la- 
borer ; married. Children, Lizzie, Caroline, Adam, Henry, Mabel, 
Eva, Wesley, Bessie, Maud. 

William Teabout. 

Schoharie — Age 22 ; enlisted September, 1863. 

William Smoke. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; single ; age 30 ; enlisted December 31, 1863 ; 
company not known ; did regular service throughout his terra; dis- 
charged October 7, 1865 ; married afterward ; died at Central Bridge, 
N. Y^., in 1887, leaving two children. 



372 Schoharie County Veterans. 

COMPANY NOT KNOWN. 

Henry Dewitt. 

Middlehurg — Laborer ; single ; age 20 ; no dates ; served regu- 
larly until discharged with iiis regiment at New Orleans, October 7, 
1865 : married after the war, and died since. 

Jacob Fosburg. 

Middlehurg — Laborer ; single ; age 20 ; no dates ; discharged at 
New Orleans, October 7, 1865 ; married after the war ; died since. 

Twenty-sixth United States Coloked Tkooi's. 

The services of this regiment were principally confined to opera- 
tions along the coast of South Carolina ; it was attached to what was 
called the Coast Division or the Department of South Carolina ; it was 
engaged in the battle of Honey Hill, S. C, where it suffered con- 
siderable loss ; no mention is made of many colored regiments in 
" Fox's Losses." 

COMPANY c. 

William W. Thompson. 
Schoharie — Laborer ; married ; age 49 ; enlisted January, 1863 ; 
contracted chills and fever during his service; cot)tracted rheuma- 
tism ; discharged August 28, 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y. ; laborer ; 
married. Chikh'en, Nancy C, George, Isaac, Henr}'. 

Lysander Thompson, Son of William. 

Schoharie — Laborer; single; age 18 ; enlisted with his father; 
lost second finger of right hand by accidental gunshot at Fort 
Duane, N. C. ; killed by gunshot in right side at Johns Island, July, 
1864 ; buried at that place. 

Zachariah Keyser. 

Middlehurg — Farmer single ; age 17 ; enlisted March 12, 1863 ; 
served regularly until discharged with his regiment ; participated in 
the battle of Honey Flill. 

David Cain. 

Middlehurg — Laborer ; married ; sei'ved at the battle of Honey 
Hill; discharged with his regiment; died at Middlehurg, N. Y. ; 
leaving a widow and one son, George. 



War of the Rebellion^. 373 

Abram Keyser. 

Schoharie — Laborer; manicd ; age 26; enlisted Jaiuuirj 11, 
1864:; contracted rapture at the Supply Docks at Beaufort, S. C. ; 
discharged with his regiment, August 28, 1865; Cobleskill, N. Y.; 
laborer ; married. Childi-en, John, George, Edward. 

Lorenzo Sternberg. 

tSchohane — Laborer; married; age 35; enlisted March, 1863 ; 
discharged at the end of the war, and died in 1883, leaving a widow 
and children, George S., Charles, VVilham. 

John Van Slyke. 

31iddleburg — Laborei- ; married ; age 28 ; enlisted February 12, 
1864 ; wounded by gunshot in hip at Honey Hill, S. C. ; discharged 
from hospital, September 9, 1865 ; married ; laborer. Children. 

Daniel Vroman. 

Enlisted December, 1863; lost little finger of right hand by gun- 
shot at Honey Hill, S. C. ; discharged August 28, 1865 ; missing. 

William H. Sternberg. 

Schoharie — Laborer; age 32 ; enlisted September 16, 1864 ; dis- 
charged September 1, 1865. — M. 

Luther Hubbard. 

MidcUeburg — Laborer; single; age 24; enlisted January 5, 
1864 ; discharged September 9, 1865. — M. 

COMPANY F. 

Richard H. Hoyt. 

Schoharie — Laborer; married; age 37; enlisted as a musician, 
December, 1863; contracted chills and fever; contracted rupture at 
Supply Docks, Beaufort, S. C. ; discharged with his regiment ; 
Schoharie, N. Y. ; laborer ; widower. Children, Christina, Richard 
J., Georgianna, Maiy R. 

William Ray. 
Died in South Carolina, July 16, 1865. 

Samuel Hoyt. 

Middlehurg — Laborer; married; age 35 ; enlisted as a musician. 



374 Schoharie County Veterans. 

December, 1S63 ; discharged with his regiment ; resides in Connec- 
ticut ; widower; laborer. One child, Nancy. 

COMPANY I. 

Cornelius De Will. 
Died in South Carolina, Mai-ch 30, 1865. 

COMPANY G. 

Josiah Smoke. 
Enlisted in 1861; discharged August 28, 1865; Eichmondville, 
N. Y.; laborer; married. 

COMPANY I. 

Andrew Cain. 
Schoharie — Laborer; single; age 21; enlisted December 31, 
1863; took part in the engagements of Honey Hill and Graham's 
Neck; discharged September 10, 1865. 

COMPANY UNKNOWN. 

John Becker. 

Middlehnrg — Single; did regular service and discharged at end 
of term ; mai-ried afterward; died in 1868. 

Jacob Van Dyke. 

Schoharie — Age 34 ; enlisted in January, 1864; discharged for 
disability in April, 1865. 

TniRTY-FiRST United States Colored Troops. 

This regiment was organized in April, 1864, and was attached to 
Ferrero's Division of the Ninth Corps. Suffered its heaviest loss at 
the Petersburg Mine explosion. 

Richard Teabout. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted February 24, 
1864; wounded in the knee; last heard from at hospital at Fortress 
Monroe. 

COMPANY I. 

James Sayers. 

Schoharie — Farmer; single; age 18; unable to give date of en- 



War of the Rebellion. 375 

listinent ; wounded " before Petersburg;," by gunshot in right arm 
abov^e the elbow ; treated in hospital at City Point for three months; 
rejoined his regiment, served for six weeks, then taken sick and sent 
to City Point; rejoined his regiment two months later ; slightly 
wounded at the Weldon raih'oad ; served until discharged at the 
close of the war ; Schoharie, N. Y.; married. One child, Nancy. 

Twenty-ninth United States Colored Troops. 
Attached to the same division as the Thirty-first. 

George Ingold. 

Schoharie — Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted January 25, 1864. 

Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Colored Troops. 
COMPANY e. 

Adam Larkins. 

Schoharie — Laborer; single; age 24; enlisted September, 1863; 
contracted lung trouble and was discharged about six montiis previous 
to expiration of his term ; died November 15, 1865. 

Third Virginia Cavalry, 
company i. 

George Snyder. 
Schoharie — Entered the army as waiter for Colonel Mix, and 
continued in that capacity until the death of tliat officer, June 15, 
18(54; he then enlisted in the above company and regiment; did 
service before Petersburg, and afterward was detailed as guard over 
commissary stores at Norfolk, Ya.; renuiining on such duty until dis- 
charged in November, 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y.; married. 

Organization not known. 

Solomon Jackson. 

Schoharie —Laborer; married; enlisted January 26; 1864; died 
at Beaufort, S. C; think he was a member i)f the Twenty-sixth 
Colored Troops, Company H; died of dysentery preceded by chills 
and fever. 

Harrison Vroman. 

Schoharie — Horseman; single; age 19; enlisted October 2, 



376 Schoharie County Veterans. 

1863 ; contracted varicose veins in the service ; discharged October 
2, 1865; Sloansville, X. Y.; laborer; married. Children, Henry, 
Harry, Emma, Thomas, Susan, Ada, Frank, Mary, Jessie. 

Christopher Lawyer. 

Schoharie — Laborer; married; age 26 ; date of enlistment not 
known ; snpposed to have belonged to the Twenty-sixth Colored 
Troops ; contracted asthma in the service, from which he died, Oc- 
tober 1, 1887, leaving a widow. 

Lorenzo Thompson. 

Sohohmne — Laborer ; single ; age 17 ; son of William Thompson ; 
enlisted in United States Army ; contracted typhoid fever in the 
Black Hills, Dakota, and died October, 1867, about one month after 
the expiration of his term. 

Thirty-eighth United States Colored Troops. 
Attached to Paine's Division, Eighteenth Corps. 

COIVLPANY E. 

Thomas Smoke. 

JE^sperance — Laborer; single; age 19; enhsted March, 1864; 
joined his regiment after the battle of Deep Bottom, near Dutch 
Gap ; detailed as dispatch-bearer, and continued on such dutj' until 
discharged in February, 1867 ; Central Bridge, N. Y.; laborer; mar- 
ried. Children, Dan forth, Mary A., Charles H., Cordelia, Meta, 
Nancy, Sarah, Herbert, Stanton. 

Anthony J. Houghtaling. 

Middlehxirg — Laborer ; man-ied ; agt^ 33 ; enlisted as cook in 
Company L, Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery, August 10, 
186-i; discharged August 26, 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y.; citizen ; mar- 
ried. Son, William. 

Company and Regimknt not known. 

Charles Shafer. 

CubleshUl — Served after the war un the Texan frontier, and died 
afterward in South Carolina. 

According to the foregoing records, forty-eight colored men served 
from Schoharie county. As far as can be learned eighteen were 



Wae of the Eebellion. 377 

married, twenty -eight served full term, four were discharged for 
disability, nine died in the service, of disease, four were killed, nine 
have died since the war, and twenty-one are known to be living. 



PRISON REPORT. 

I offer no apology in presenting this " prison report." I consider 
it as much a part of niy duty to record the evidences of moral de- 
pravity, malignity and hatred existing in the hearts of the leaders of 
secession and rebellion, as I do to memorize the names and services 
of brave me'n who gave their lives and service to defend and protect 
the inalienable rights " of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness;"" 
and I give it as a lesson from the history of a so-called enlightened 
people, which teaches, from pi'oof in evidence, that an unholy war 
was waged, and a monstrous crime committed by the leaders of the 
Southern Rebellion — a crime so great as to be beyond the right of 
man to condone or excuse. 

Some of the readers of this report may have visited museums, 
where the various instruments of torture, or the models of the Ro- 
man Inquisition were exhibited, and were horrified with the ideas- 
of consummate cruelty and pain which those inventions so forcibly 
suggested. They are tlie outcome of an oligarchy which had grown 
dominant and unscrupulous under a self-assumed title of Vice-Re- 
gency of Heaven. Briefly, they were the instruments of torture by 
which Satan proposed to humiliate or destroy all opposition to his 
rule over mankind. They are looked upon with loathing and re- 
membered with reluctance. 

The so-called savage meets the intruder upon his domain with the 
war cry, "spare not," and slays his victim outright, in what he rea- 
sonably presumes to be self-defense. His home and native land have 
been his for all time, his life has been one of continual warfare to 
maintain possession of it, and the extermination of his enemies, his 
only guaranty of safety. He is the "savage" which civilization abhors. 
Cheat him, rob him, invade his home, and stir up his thirst for blood, 
and yet he is the peer of the so-styled civilized man who profits by 
the consequences, and escapes the blow which falls upon the inno- 
cent. The adventurer found him confiding and friendly, but drove or 
cheated him from his home. In the far east the agents and emissaries 
of a mouarchial power appeared like a scourge of locusts, and the 
savage was either subjugated to their rule or driven from his native 
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378 Schoharie County Veterans. 

soil, his family fore^-er scattered, and his wife and children given 
over to the ravishur. Time and distance, in this life, seem long in 
many cases, but eternity will bridge the span between gilded thrones, 
afflnence and worldly honors, and the poor, despoiled victims of op- 
pression, avarice and hatred in an instant, and down into hell the 
devil will go. Underlying the biography of the human family from 
its birth to the present time, we trace the agency of the devil. When 
its operations are revealed openly and without a pretense to disguise, 
civilization becomes horrified at once ; but when dressed in the tog- 
gery of fashion ; clothed in graceful language, chanted with an ac- 
companiment of high sounding moral logic ; and further sustained 
b}' the law of the land, it becomes a " sweet morsel* under the 
tongue." 

Ambition in botii the civih'zed and savage mind is always followed 
by a desire to subjugate, when supplemented by avarice. Tiie in- 
tents and purposes of the untutored are not long hidden from us, 
but to understand the motives and desires of the enlightened demon 
we nnist prolong the study, and with more care, and often become a 
helpless prisoner in his power, and at his disposal. War is a faithful 
interpreter of the passions and ambitions of those who engage in it, 
and the methods practiced by the opposing powers are the indices 
by which we may safely determine which side is fighting for good 
against evil. Righteousness is always tempered with mercy. Victory 
gained at the expense of moral principles is always followed by a 
i-evengefnl persecution of the fallen victim. Whatever excuse for 
justification in inciting a rebellion in Heaven, does not appear, 
clearly, but doubtless the devil posed as a martyr and reformer 
as he does to this day. Knowing both good and evil, it is patent 
that he should picture his opposcrs in all the hideous wickedness of 
his own character, while ])roclaiming from the house-top, behold 
how great and good am I. 

Allow me to give a descriptive title to the attributes and charac- 
teristics of human depravity, when it becomes exalted, which I 
boi-row from the diary of poor Jimmey Bailey, — one of the many 
thousand victims of the fiendish hatred of Jeff Davis and his ad- 
mirers — "Me f<ame old tfdngP It was "the same old thing" 
which incited the red man of America to massacre ami scalp the 
helj)less mother and babe, and which prompted the Tory to out- 
herod the savage by exceeding him in barbarity toward his neighbor. 
It was " the same old thing" which packed helpless prisoners in 
noisome dtingeons, beneath the hatches of the Jersey Prison Ship, to 



War op the Kebellion. 379 

die by untold suffering. It was " the same old thing " which in- 
spired the arcli fiend of secession to destroy, by methods which rivaled 
those of the Inquisition, helpless prisoners who came into his power. 
It was "the same old thing" which inspired this same old Jeff to 
publish his audacity, in his dotage, by denying his instrumentality 
in the crimes perpetrated under his sanction and orders, and charg- 
ing the crime to those whom he hated and defied. And it was "the 
same old thing" which opened the pages of that professed exponent 
of morality and civilization, — the North American Review — to re- 
ceive and promulgate the venom of hypocrisy, that the crimes of this 
chief of traitors might be condoned on earth. It was no mercy 
when this man was permitted to live. As mercy and charity were 
strangers to him, he should have l)een taught, by the bullet or rope, 
that it was the greatest measure of forbearance to permit one coward 
to die and atone for the lives of thousands of brave and honorable 
men. This hero ! chieftain ! and statesman ! of the South, in his dy- 
ing days, said that the men confined in his prisons received all the 
food that the resources of his government could spare, and that the 
responsibility of their deaths and sufferings rested upon their own 
government. It is " the same old tiling," and it becomes only chil- 
dren to argue with Satan. He does not say that his terms for ex- 
change of prisoners involved the rights of equality and self-respect 
on the part of the Union government. He does not say that cloth- 
ing and necessaries of life sent by the Union government, and by 
friends and relatives, to men confined in his death-pens, were di- 
verted and appropriated to the use of their jailers and enemies, after 
an agreement that they would be delivered to those for whom they 
were intended. He does not say that the character, preparation and 
system of delivery of the pittance of food furnished his prisoners, 
was such as to insure the greatest amount of suffering, and the 
highest death-rate. He does not say that his prison discipline was 
so inhuman in its administration that none but "home guards" of 
his soldiery could be trusted with its enforcement. He does not say 
that his prisoners were deliberately shot for extending a defenseless 
liand an arm's length beyond the " dead line," to secure a sip of less 
polluted water. He does not say that after being robbed by their 
captors of such clothing as would cover their nakedness, these help- 
less men were denied the privilege of securing from the surround, 
ing country sufficient wood to shelter them from heat and cold, and 
to cook their lieggarl}' ration of corn and cob. He does not say 
that thousands of Union men were shot and maltreated for showing 



380 Schoharie County Veterans. 

less resistance to their captors, than he, wlien he was overtaken in 
his motherly huod and water-proof, or when he rebelled against the 
handcuffs at Fortress Monroe. He does not say that while thou- 
sands of men, good, true and incorruptible, were dying for want of 
the least of the necessaries of life, he was carefully saving hundreds 
of thousands of dollars in gold, stolen from a government which had 
honored him in otfice and military training, that he might escape 
from a country which he had been chief and foremost in trying to 
destroy, and live in affluence in a foreign land. 

It was a cruel blow to the supremacy of truth and justice and 
Christianity when Jeff Davis was permitted to live and eujoy the 
luxuries of life while the wail of heartbroken mothers and widows 
throughout the northland was heard in the cries of "Oh where is my 
boy." " Oh that I knew that he was killed, and did not die in 
prison." " Oh if I could only have fed him." 

The few sketches following have been, given after much persua- 
sion. The fearful experiences of these men have left them loth to 
speak of their prison life. 

Diary of James Bailey. 

This diary was kept by Bailey in one of the small pocket editions 
so commonly used by the boys in the army. After he became aware 
that he could not live to see his home and friends, he requested a 
fellow prisoner to preserve his diary, and in case he survived him, 
to send it to his parents at Gilboa. The comrade survived, reached 
his home at Albany, and when sufficiently recovered from the ef- 
fects of his imprisonment, made the journey to Gilboa, and placed 
the prison diary of James Bailey into the hand of his mother. The 
little leather-covered book with a needle attached to the pocket, and 
the scarcely legible words recorded from day to day, are all that 
"came back from the war" to the father and mother of James 
Bailey. 

Aug. 25th, 1864. Taken i)risoner at Reams Station, near Peters- 
burg by Mahone's Brigade, Brigadier-General Wilcox's Division, A. 
B. Hill's Corps. Marched to Petersburg, guarded by a regiment of 
North Carolinans. Bemained there over night, then marched to the 
station, took the cars for Richmond. Stayed there over night, 
then marched out just aci-oes the street into an old tobacco ware- 
house, from there sent to Pelle Island. 

Atig. 31st. A prisoner of war on Belle Island. Our day for 
muster for ])ay in camp, but such is iu)t oui- fate. 



War of the Rebellion. 381 

The United States government owes me six months' ptiy and an 
instalhnent of fifty dollars. 

Sejpt. 1st. A prisoner of war on Belle Island. No signs of being 
paroled or exchanged. 

Sept. 2d. A bright sunny day on Belle Island. Nothing new re- 
lating to our present situation. 

Sept. 4tli. Still on Belle Island. Weather hot and sultry, some 
prospects of rain. 

Sept. 5th. No rain has yet fallen. The weather has been very un- 
comfortable for us, being exposed without shade or shelter. 

Sept. 6th. Rained the night previous, which made things very 
uncomfortable for us. Continues cloudy and misty till night, then 
tents given to us. 

Sept. 7th. Morning finds us in the same old position, the weather 
fine. 

Sept. 8th. Out again to be numbered. A hot day. Nothing but 
camp rumors to cheer us up. 

Sept. 9th. Again turned out to be numbered. Remained out till 
dark. About midnight, a large fire in Richmond, 

Sept. lOtb. Still a prisoner on Belle Island. All turned out to be 
counted and to have camp regulated, the weather hot and sultry. 

Sept. 11th. Remained in close quarters through the day. No 
material change in tlie weather or rations. 

Sept. 12th. All out again to be numbered, and told ofl' in squads. 

Sept. 13th. Finds all here yet, the most in good health. 

Sept. 14th. In camp all day. All kinds of rumors afloat, amounting 
to nothing. Some heavy tiring in the direction of the "Burg." 

Sept. 15th, Enjoying ourselves in the best manner possible for us 
while here. Weather fair. 

Sept. 16th. Every thing the same in camp. No sign of deliverance, 

Sept. 17th. Out to be counted and have the camp policed. Day 
fair and pleasant. 

Sept. 18th. Turned out to be counted, came back before noon. The 
weather has every appearance of rain. Some cannonading toward 
Petersburg, results not known to us. 

Sept. 19th. Again out to be counted, nothing new for us, 

Sept. 20th. Out again in the morning, nothing new in camp to- 
day, no signs of being released. 

Sept. 21st. Yet on the island. Turned out to be counted. 

Sept. 22d. As usual out to be counted, did not remain out long. 



382 Schoharie County Vetera tsts. 

Wentlier some cooler to-day. Did not feel able to walk much. Can- 
noiiadina: m front of Petersburg, nothing known of its results. 

Sept. 23d. Out in the morning to be counted. Some rain in the 
forenoon, appetite some better to da}', 

Sept. 24:th. Turned out to be counted. Weather rainy and bad to 
be out. Heavy tiring toward Petersburg. 

Sept. 2r)th. A beautiful Sabbath day on Belle Island. The men 
mostl}^ in good spirits. We were out again to be counted in the 
morning. 

Sej)t. 26th, Out in this morning to be counted, rained all day. 

Sej>t. 27th. Out again to be counted. Weather fair, some heavy 
firing in the direction of Petersburg. 

Sept. 28th. Still a prisoner on Belle Island. Weather fair in the 
morning. Turned out just at night to be counted, rained at night. 

Sept. 29th. All out to be counted. Heavy fighting down the 
river. 

Sept. 3()th. Still on the Island a prisoner. All out to be counted. 
Some sigus of rain. The rest of the prisoners came from Libby prison. 

Oct. 1st. Morning dawns cold and chilly. The prisoners out to 
be counted. Commences to rain, continues all day. Heavy fighting 
on the river. 

2d. The Sabbath, a beautiful day after the rain of yesterday. 
All out to be counted, returned to camp. But little excitement in 
camp to-day and night leaves every thing quiet. 

3d. Morning all taken out to be counted. The weather rainy. 
Some more prisoners sent on the island from Libby. 

4th. Quite pleasant to-day, turned out to be counted, one thou- 
sand sent away, whereabouts not known ; 300 more sent away in the 
night, iu all 1300 for Salisbury, N. C 

5th. A pleasant day on the Island. Out again to be counted, — 
Init little excitement this day. Five squads more, 500 sent off the 
Island this afternoon. 

7th. Out to be counted in the forenoon, came back to camp, 
took diuTier, shortly after drew our supper and three-fourths of a 
loaf of bread, then left the Island. Took the cars at half-past 10 
o'clock for Danville, Remained in the cars all that night. 

8th. Arrived at Danville late in the forenoon. The weather cold 
and chilly. Again took the cars for our place of destination. Was 
detained on the way. Remained on the cars all night. 

9th. Arrived at Greensborough late at night. Left the cars, 
marched out a little from town to some woods, and had three 



War of the Eebellion. 383 

crackers given out to us. The niglit very cold, a licavy frost had 
fallen. 

Oct. 10th. Arrived at Salisbury at 8 o'clock. The night was very 
cold and chilly. Did not get food of any kind, things look distnal 
for us. 

11th. Passed up into Salisbury in the afternoon, no grub for us 
yet. The pains of hunger begin to gnaw us to a fearful extent. 
Late at niglit our bread came to us, one-half loaf to a man. 

12th. We got our allowance of bread and meat at noon or after, 
this day finds us in a dull state of feeling. 

13th. Morning finds the weather some cooler. To day we got our 
allowance of bread and rice soup, some of our division drew hard tack. 

14th. Still a prisoner at Salisbury, N. C. The day quite pleasant. 
We got our usual allowance of bread and rice soup. Nothing going 
on of any interest in camp. 

15th. Finds us the same. Weather fair although cool at night. 
To-day our food is bread and molasses, which goes very well for a 
change. 

16th. This Sabbath day finds us still prisoners of war. Our food 
to-day is rice soup and molasses. One of the officers shot by the 
guard, twelve more said to have died since the night previous. 

17th. A fair day for us in camp. We drew our rations first in the 
morning, rice soup and molasses, no meal issued to any of us. 

18th. Every thing the same. Morning finds us all waiting for 
something to eat, but we do not get any thing till dark, then get 
warm bread. 

19th. Finds camp full of rumors. About 500 more prisoners 
brought from Danville. We got our grub sometime in the afternoon, 
rice " tay " and molasses. Our officers taken away from here. 

20th. Morning finds us alive and well. We get our ration of bread 
and a ration of meat. 

21st. Finds this division waiting for our rations, but do not know 
when they will be given to us. 

22d. Finds all in their usual state of feelings. Nothing of any note 
to-day, the weather fair and chilly. 

23d. A quiet day in camp. Weather mild and pleasant, though 
cold at night. 

24:th. Finds us in camp waiting for our grub. No bread, no flour. 
Molasses comes when the train arrives. One-third of the division 
drew flour. Thaddeus Laymen of this company died between the 
hours of 2 and 12 o'clock, of chronic diarrhea. 



384 ScHOHAKiE County Veterans. 

Oct. 25th. Finds ns yet prisoners. Do not get oar food quibe as 
reg-ular as before, tliougli l)a\'e to be content with what we get. 

26th. Finds me alive and well. We get our allowance of food for 
theMay. A. great many dead taken out for burial. 

2Tth. Morning weather liazy. Aboufnoon began to rain, which 
continues during the night. Some more prisoners brought here, the 
most part taken in the valley. This division draws flour, no bread 
leaked for us. 

28th. Morning finds the weather clear. Nineteen said to have died 
the night previous. "We got our meat this forenoon, got some rice 
soup in the afternoon, but no bread, no flour. 

29tli. Finds us yet alive ; we get our meat in the forenoon. After- 
noon some rice soup but as yet no bread or flour. Weather fair and 
pleasant. Just at night a small ration of rice soup. 

30th. A beautiful day. Every thing quiet in camp. This 
division draws flour and rice soup. 

3l8t. Finds us yet prisoners. Weather fair, notliing of importance 
in cam]). We get our allowance of bread and rice soup. George 
Wright goes to the hospital. 

Nov. 1st. November comes in warm and pleasant. The camp full 
of rumors about being paroled. To-day we got bread and rice soup, 
some got hard tack. 

2d. Morning dawns, when it begins to rain. Continues to rain all 
day long. We drew our flour just at night. Adolphus Brandon 
died in hospital prison. 

Nov. 3d. Finds the weather very cool with a drizzling rain, which 
continues through the day. A. good many dead in camp. We draw 
oats, wheat bran, and rice soup. 

•ith. Finds us yet in camp. Do not feel very well to-day. 
Weather cool and uncomfortable. 

5th. Finds us in camp yet. The camp full of i-umors. We get 
our rice soup and draw flour. Some frost. 

6th. Another beautiful Sabbath day in camp ; the sun shines most 
beautiful. We get rice soup in the forenoon, some meal in the 
afternoon. Six hundred prisoners came in last night. 

7tli. Still in camp, weath.er fine. No grub yet of any kijid. Some 
thin soup, no bread of any kind to-day. 

8th. A warm and lovely day in camp, for election. Some excite- 
ment as to who will be president. 

9th. Finds us in camp yet, alive and well. We get rice soup and 
warm bread, corn and wheat. Rain the most part of the night. 



War of the Eebellion. 385 

Nov. 10th. A benatiful day, warm and pleasant. We <j;et onr soup. 

lltli. Finds us yet in caui[), doing the best we can to live through 
this prison life. We get our grub — bread, soup and meat. 

12th. Yet a prisoner in Salisbury. Get our bread quite regularly 
now. To-day we got bread, meat and rice soup. Thus ends the 
day. 

13th. A still, (piiet day in camp. Weather fair. We got our 
ratious of bread, meat, and rice soup. The boys in good spirits but 
auxious to get back to the Federal lines. 

14th. Yet alive and well. Fair weatlier. Get our bread and 
meat early in the day. The camp is full of rumors. Get our rice 
soup. 

15tli. Finds us still in camp. The weather is fair. Draw corn 
bread and soup early in the moi-ning ; get nothing more for the day. 
The camp full of rumors about exchange. Still I don't see it. 

16th. Morning still finds me alive and well. The weather has 
some appearance of rain. We draw our rice soup, no meat to-day. 
The bread comes after a while, hot from the oven. 

lYth. Finds all in camp as usual. Weather fair and nice. We 
got our bread and rice soup, no meat. 

18th, Finds me yet in good health. To-day we got our bread, 
soup, and meat, — liver, lights, eyes, etc. Weather fair. 

21:th. Yet in camp, well. Weather cool and stormy. Get our 
food as usual, quai'ter rations. 

25th. Yet a prisoner at Salisbury. No signs of any relief from 
our government. Just at night an attempt was made to break out 
of camp, but did not accomplish much. Some killed and wounded. 
All on quarter rations. Raljph Bear died in Jiospital — diarrhea. 
Belonged to Company B, Fourth New York Heavy Artillery. 

26tli. Finds all in camp alive and well. Weather fair and ]3leas- 
ant. Get our rations of bread, 

27th, Quite a fine day. It finds me in the hospital with the 
diarrhea. Some better to-day. 

29th. The same old thing. Diarrhea quite bad to-day. We get 
our rations of bread, meat, and rice soup. 

30th. Yet in the hospital. The big chimney fell down about 
noon, killing one man and bruising two more very bad. 

Dec. 1st. A pleasant day for the first of December. The sun shines 
bright and nice. Not much of any thing going on in camp. 

Note. — Thus closes a very conservative diary. The last entry apparently 
written with as much courage as the first, yet the writer was lying in the Rebel 
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hospital, aud from December 1. 1864, until a liugering death termiuated his life, 
nearly two months later, he was unable to continue his memoranda. Inscription on 
fly leaf of diary: — James L. Bailey, of Gilboa, Schoharie county, N. Y., died at 
Salisbury Prison, January 25, 1865. 

Lieutenant Martin Witbeck. 

No. 4 Prospect Hill St., | 
Grenock, Scotland, j 

Comrade George H. Warner — I received your letter of Sep- 
tember -itli, desiring any iiifonuation I could give in connection 
with tlie death of Lieutencnt Martin Witbeck. It is not niucli that 
I can tell, but it is given heartily to the project you have in view. First, 
he was enrolled in Company I, Fifty-first New York Volunteers; 
his age on enlistment was 19 years. Occupation, farmer. Enlisted 
October 5, 1801, at Kichmondville, N. Y., by D. K. Johnson, for 
three years, and re-enlisted December 1, 1863, for another three 
years or during the war. He was promoted to corporal, October 21, 
1861, to sergeant, September 30, 1862, and to first sergeant, March 
19, 1863. The date of his promotion to second lieutenant I cannot 
give, but think it would be September 1, 1864. I was associated 
with him in the company for about two years and a half. He was 
of a retiring disposition, but kindness itself. Never quarreling, to my 
knowledge, with any of his comrades ; in fact he w^ould rarely con- 
tinue an argument with any one if he saw they were inclined to 
lose their temper. He never shirked, however disagreeable, any duty 
he was called upon to perform, and in a word, I might say he was 
generally beloved by the members of Company I. On the 30th of 
September, 1864, away to the left of our lines in front of Petersburg, 
we had an engagement with the enemy, when most of our regiment 
were either killed, wounded or captured, Martin being among the 
number of jjrisoners. We were sent to Libby prison at llichmond, 
and when there, had to turn over any valuables in our possession, 
with the promise of their being restored when we wore liberated. 
That promise may have been kept in some cases, but I believe the 
majority was otherwise. If you did not hand over you were searched, 
and every thing found on j'ou was confiscated. We were kept in 
Libby three or four days, and then sent to Salisbury, N. C, where 
we tasted the miseries of a Rebel prison. When captured we had 
to give up our great coats, and we little thought what that meant, 
but it was nakedness and coldness coupled with starvation. When 
in Salisbury wc hatched a plot to have a try for freedom, but on the 



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clay when the attempt was to have been made, tlie plot became 
known, tl)e guards were ahirined and doubled, and the officers sepa- 
rated from the men, and g'ot the route to Danville, Ya., where we 
arrived in due course, but the change was for the better. We were 
housed in a large three-story building. It looked as if it had been 
used as a tobacco warehouse. We occupied the second and third 
floors, sentries being placed on the ground plat. So there we re- 
mained for many weary weeks, never getting out for exercise, except 
sometimes getting on the detail which went to the river for water, 
under a strong guard. I suppose you are acquainted with the rations 
served out to the prisoners. It was, as near as I could estimate, about 
three-fourths of a pound of corn bread per diem and a slop which they 
called soup, sometimes twice a week. The bread could easily be eaten 
for breakfast, then followed gnawing hunger until another day. 
The effects of this diet continuously caused dysenterj^ among many. 
Among the number, our comrade, Martin Witbeck, was so attacked 
and became weaker every day. He w^as very patient, and com- 
plained very little, and we hoped an exchange of prisoners might 
come before it would be too late to save hiin, but it was not to be. 
lie had a small Bible or Testament with him which he was always 
reading and from which he seemed to derive every consolation. At 
length he got so poorly that we urged on the Rebel doctor that he 
was in such condition of health that he should grant him the priv- 
ilege of eiitering the hospital, where he might be better attended to 
and have a chance of more comforts tlian was in our power to supply. 
He granted the request at last, but too late to save his life. I rather 
think their policy was to do to death as many Union soldiers as they 
could without being exactly accused of willful murder. I received 
permission to visit him in hospital the day before he died. He was 
cheerful and willing that God should take away the life He gave, 
but had a great longing that he might be spared to have seen home 
and friends once more. I know his friends at home sent a box to 
him while in prison. It contained clothing and provisions. It got 
as far as Richmond and no farther. If these had reached him they 
might have been the means of saving his life, and a gain to the 
Union cause, in the prolonged service of a faithful soldier. I re- 
member Martin telling of his brother losing a leg at Gettysburg, and 
somethiuo: reminds me that I saw him at his home where I visited 
in the winter of 1863 and '64, when our regiment was on leave after 
re-enlisting. Having no relatives in America, I thought 1 could 
not do better than visit some of the places where most of our com- 



388 Schoharie County Veterans. 

pany had l>eeii recruited from, notably Sclienevus and that locality. 
I was iu America in 1882, the only time since the conclusion of tlio 
war, bnt liad no time to visit in your locality. I am hoping that 
thino-s may so turn out, that I shall liave soon the pleasure. 
With greetings to all comrades, 

I remain yours very truly, 

William Caldwell 

Hiram Kniskern. 

On the night previous to the battle of Tleams Station, I was sent 
out on the picket line in advance of our breastworks, and occupied 
one of the rifle pits until we were di-iven out by a heavy force of the 
enemy the next day. On the way to our lines one of our comi-ades 
was severely wounded and I stopped and assisted in carrying him to 
the rear of our lines, where he could be cared for by the surgeon. 
While resting 1 heard heavy firing along our lines but saw no signs 
of our troops giving away. After being rested I secured another 
gun to replace the one I had been obliged to abandon in helping the 
wounded comrade, and started in the direction of our line ; I soon 
met a man wearing a mixed Rebel and Union uniform ; we passed 
each other without speaking, but after two or three rods distance we 
both turned and looked at each other, neither speaking. Soon three 
more Rebels approached from the same direction, and one of them 
hailed the man who had passed me with, why don't you make that 
man throw down his gun." He then said, " throw down your gun." 
Seeing I was in for it, I seized my gun by the muzzle and flung it 
far to one side into a low swampy place, and followed the Johnnie, 
who said, " 111 take care of you." On reaching the place where our 
troops had been stationed, I found they had been driven out and 
many of them captured, among the number my captain. About five 
o'clock we were taken farther to the rear of the Rebel line and counted, 
the number given as 500. We were taken a round-about march of 
14 miles to reach Petersburg 7 miles away, and from there sent to 
Richmond, and confined in an old tobacco warehouse. While a 
prisoner I had two meals a day, the first consisted of a two-inch cubical 
block of corn bread, and a 2 by 3 inch slice of bacon. The l)acon was 
often densely populated, and would have made a census enumerator 
tired. The' second meal consisted of the same quantity of corn 
bread as in the morning, and bean soup instead of bacon. The 
soup was dipped from a large bucket, and as most of the beans rested 
peacefully at the l)ottom those first served got no beans but some flies. 



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Those served last got more beans and bugs. In eating this ration we 
could make a lively crackling between our teeth, any thing to fill an 
acliing void. The beans were red and about the size of our small 
beans at home. The floor of our prison was cleaned twice a week. 
After I was transferred to Belle Isle, I found my quarters less com- 
fortable, and every thing much worse. In warm days the sand could 
be seen to move, and the lice could be seen on the fence as thick as 
their little cousins are sometimes seen on hops. After being on 
Belle Isle 15 days, our squad received rations, with orders to be 
ready for Andersonville, Ijut we were taken to Lil>by over night and 
the next day paroled for Annapolis. 

Benjamin Franklin. 
I was taken prisoner late in the night of June 3, 1864, with a lieuten- 
ant of Company B of my regiment, and taken to Richmond, where 
I was placed in a hospital to be treated for a wound in my shoulder. 
I was sent to Libby prison June 20th, and before my wound was 
healed. Sent to Belle Isle Aug. 21st, and to Salisbury, N. C, Oct, 
7tli, and remained until February 22d, I860, when I left Salisbury for 
the Union lines, signed a parole at Goldsborough, and reached the 
Union lines two days later. During my imprisonment I came very 
near dying, having contracted scurvy, diarrhea, varicose veins, 
rheumatism, congestion of the lungs, and being nearly reduced to a 
skeleton. During my imprisonment I could have had double ra- 
tions for going out and working for the E.ebs, but I preferred to 
starve. I have gnawed bones after others have made soup from them, 
and eaten a ration that a Dutchman would refuse, a bull's eye. They 
gave us rations of raw tripe, right from the critter. I stuck a stick 
into mine, to roast it, and it was the sweetest morsel I ever tasted. 
They gave us the snouts of cattle for rations. I ate things which a 
hungry dog would not touch, but I'm sick of writing about it. 

Levi Guernsey. 

After the battle of Gettysburg, the brigade to which I belonged 
moved back into Virginia, and went into camp between Bristoe 
and Catlett's Stations. One morning soon after, I was ordered 
by my lieutenant, to take my ambulance to Bristoe Station for 
some needed repairs, and with Sergeant Jacob Dieter for com- 
jtany I set out. On reaching the point where I usually crossed 
the railroad in going to the station, the sergeant insisted that 
I should not cross, but take a road which ran parallel to the 



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railroad, and go to the station l)y a new route. After some ar- 
guments we took tlie new route and continued our journey until we 
passed into a wooded field, and had gone but a short distance farther, 
when we discovered two horses and the legs of men who were par- 
tially hidden in some bushes by the roadside. As we came to a point 
opposite the liorses, three Johnnies on horseback dashed out of the 
woods and ordered us to " halt " and " surrender." Sergeant Dieter 
laughed and said, " Ha, Ha, Levi, the Johnnies have got us, haven't 
they ^ 1 thought they had and that I could give the sergeant the 
credit of it. As I did not obey the orders to leave the road and 
drive into the woods immediately, the boss Rebel presented his re- 
volver at my head and said, " you Yankee aiiit you going 

to turn in and surrender V I then wlieeled my team into a by-road 
which was exceedingly rough. " Trot them horses or I'll blow you 
through." I managed to make my team trot for a few rods until we 
came to a place where three n)ore guerillas joined us. Some of our 
captors were Mosby's men and the rest were native bushwhackers, 
ten or twelve in all. After joining the last party, my horses were 
unharnessed and saddles put on them. Our overcoats and blankets 
were taken from us, my watch and all valuables were taken from 
me, and we were put under guard. In a short time more prisoners 
were brought in, my lieutenant who had sent me to Bristoe, a ser- 
geant and a sutler. My lieutenant looked very much ashamed. 
Soon after, another sutler with a four-horse team and a negro were 
brought in, and a little later a dispatch-bearer was added to the 
number of prisoners. Then we were started for Orange C. H., and 
after reaching that place we were put on board a train for Richmond, 
Va. On arriving at Richmond we were confined in Libby for about 
thirty-six hours, and then turned out on Belle Isle. Here I met two 
of my old neighbors, Wallace Earls and A slier Bice. I asked them 
what made them look so. They said, " by the time you've been here 
as long as we have you'll look so too." I remained on Belle Isle 
five months, including one montii wdiich I spent in the so-called hos- 
pital. The hospital was an old tobacco warehouse. No fire was made 
for us, even while the weather was sutficiently cold to make heavy ice 
in the James river. The windows were raised from the bottom and 
lowered from tiie toj). We had no clothing and but two slieets for 
covering. When the weather moderated, fires were built to make it as 
uncomfortable from heat as it had been from cold. I guess the Reb- 
els tried to kill us with thermometers. While I was in the hospital, 
several were brought in from the Island with hands and feet so badly 



War op the Rebellion. 391 

frozen that they were sawn off. Six men died on the bnnk next to 
mine while I was there. 

I was treated for diarrhea and rheumatism, but when they thought 
I wouldn't die they sent me back to the Island. The rations at the 
hospital were a trifle better than on the Island, but very scant and 
just enough to aggravate. About the ^5th of February, 1864, there 
came great rumors of exchange for certain squads. I thought I 
would " flank out " and succeed in getting into squad two. The crowd 
was very great and flaidcers crowded so that the guard could not 
keep them back. The officer in command of the guard showed 
hovt^ to keep tlie prisoners back by taking a gun and stabbing one 
through the leg with the bayonet. Eight squads were taken out and 
confined in Castle Thunder over night. In the morning, instead of 
going to City Point for exchange as we expected, we were sent in a 
southerly direction, passing through Petersburg, Charlotte, N. C, 
and reaching the " Pen " at Andersonville, March 1st, 1864. Our 
journey consumed seven days, and as we were packed in the com- 
luon box freight car as tightly as we could sit, our bodies became 
worn through, raw and bleeding, and our sufferings were painful 
beyond description. We were the first to enter Andersonville prison 
which, at that time, embraced about eighteen acres of ground, sur- 
rounded by a stockade thirteen feet high. Within, the ground was 
covered mostly b}' tree-tops, the bodies of which had been used 
in forming the stockade. These were used for fuel and soon 
disappeared. We were driven into the pen as hogs or sheep are 
driven, Every few days, additions were made to our number 
from other prisons and from captures made in the field, until 
our number was estimated at 30,000. We were guarded by a 
regiment of Rebel soldiers under Capt. Wirtz. A pole or rail three 
feet from the ground, and at a distance of 2 rods from the stockade 
encircled our camp and was called the "dead line." Orders were 
issued to the guards to shoot those who put their hands on the dead 
line or attempted to cross it. I saw a man, who wished to die, put 
his hand on the dead line and dare the guard to shoot him. He was 
shot immediately. A swampy portion of ground ran through our 
prison from side to side, and through this ran a small stream of 
water which was our only supplj^, after being used for bathing pur- 
poses by the guards outside the stockade. It was subject to poison 
from the drainage of the prison ground on each side as it flowed 
through and became a poison for drink. By persistent digging better 
water was sometimes obtained afterward. Our ration usually 



392 Schoharie County Veterans. 

consisted of a two-inch cube of corn bread, and occasionally bean 
soup, water colored with beans, and bugs floating on top. If I got 
4 or 5 beans in my ration I thought I did well. 

" Roll call" was made every morning, and if Wirtz felt ugly, as he 
commonly did, rations were stopped for days at a time. If any were 
missing, the bugle was sounded, and the ])loodhounds were put on 
track, and in most cases, the men were captured and brought back. 
Some were punished with " ball and chain," some by the " stocks," 
others were tied up by the thumbs, while others were " bucked and 
gagged," Wirtz advised us to try to escape, said it was our duty to 
try, and his duty to capture us if he could. During a part of the 
time we drew " corn and cob " meal instead of bread. Tliis meal 
we sifted through an old tin plate with holes punched through it. 
Our condition became such that many were brutish, many maniacs, 
and others idiots. We were reduced to skeletons, and afflicted with 
rheumatism, dropsy, scurvy and dysentery. Those who had money 
could trade with the Rebel guards and improve their condition a 
little. The " bummers " among us would steal or kill to get the 
money and valuables which the new arrivals might succeed in bring- 
ing into prison. Murders became so frequent that the guilty ones were 
found out, tried by jury composed of their fellow-prisoners, convicted 
and hung. Wirtz furnished the facilities for holding the trial, the 
material to build the scaffold, and a guard to hold the murderers un- 
til the scaffold was ready. Six men were hung, five at the first drop, 
one having broken his rope was caught up and hanged over again. 
I think it would have pleased Wirtz if we had all hung each other. 
After the execution our camp was quiet and we did not hear the 
cry, " stop that thief," " stop that murderer," any more. At one 
time Wirtz became very angry because some of the men could not get 
in line for roll-call lively enough to suit liim, and kicked and struck 
several who were crippled and helpless. He then ordered the rations 
stopped for three days — the rations for the day liad been cooked, 
and, after being kept until the third day, were brought into the 
prison and dealt out to the men in a puti-id, maggoty state. One 
man ejected his ration, and another stepped up and appropriated it. 
While at Andersonville I was in the hospital outside the stockade 
for about three weeks, and fared some better on a little rice and 
beef soup. My pants became rags, and could nc^t cover my body, so 
I went to the dead-house one morning and traded pants with a dead 
man, getting a l)cltcr pair, which I washed and hung uj) to<lry. In 
spite of my watching they were stolen, so I made anotlier robbery of 



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the dead on the morning following. On the tirst of September 
seven or eight hundred of us were sent to Saviiunah, where we staid 
about six weeks, aiul were then transferred to Millen, one oi- two 
thousand being contined there for abou t six more weeks. During mj 
stay at Millen, I contracted chills and diarrhea, and thought my days 
were numbered, yet after ten days I recovered. The doctor came 
into camp with orders that the sick and wounded were to be sent 
North, our names were taken and we were sent to the one side of the 
camp where we waited for the train, without food, for two days. 

After we were packed on board the cars, and before starting, we 
were given ten or twelve sweet potatoes each, some of which we ate 
raw, then and there. We were taken to a swamp within about four 
miles of Savannah, where we halted for the night and cooked the 
balance of our potatoe?. In the moi'ning we entered Savannah, old 
ladies brought provisions to us in baskets and we had quite a feast. 
In the afternoon we were put on board an exchange boat, which 
met one of the Union boats in the river, and it began to look like 
home again when I saw the old stars and stripes. On board our 
boat we got coffee, boiled ham, and hard tack ; a most delicious 
meal, but the rocking of the boat and the hearty food made us all 
heave up Jonah. We were soon transferred to another boat, which 
was furnished with berths, then we were comfortable and happy, 
and soon on our way to Annapolis. 

William W, Earle. 
I was captured at Gettysburg on the afternoon of the first day's 
battle and taken to the Rebel rear, where they had gathered their 
prisoners together. On the 4th of July they started us for Rich- 
mond; that was the hungriest march I ever made. I received one 
pint of flour to go to Richmond on, a four days' jom-ney. When 
we reached Harper's Ferry, there stood men on boxes shaving off 
bread at a dollar a slice ; I happened to be one of the lucky men who 
had a dollar. After we came to Richmond we were put into the 
old tobacco warehouse for one night, and then taken to Belle Isle. 
At that time there were about thirty-eight out of our regiment. 
When w^e entered Belle Isle, there were about forty squads of one 
hundred men each ; one man would draw the rations for a squad and 
by him they w^ere dealt out to each man ; the boys of our regiment 
went into " squad 38," and it went along so for about one month, 
when we were all taken out of our camp and marched through a tent 
and searched for money. Then Asher Bice and mj'self left the old 
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394 Schoharie County Veterans. 

squad 38, he going into "squad 5" and I into " squad 7." On the 
30th of September, they took out eight of the first squads for ex- 
change, which let me out. While I was a prisoner, our rations con- 
sisted of two meals per day. In the forenoon a piece of corn bread 
three inches square, together with a piece of meat one and one-lialf 
inches square, and in the afternoon we would draw a three-inch hunk 
of wheat bread and one pint of bean soup, made out of James river 
water, which was a muddy stream ; but never mind, it gave bottom 
to the soup. While I was on the island we used to go out skirmish- 
ing, not for Johnnies, but for "greybacks," which stuck close to 
your back. 1 have seen them on persons who did not ti"y to keep 
clean of them, like scales on a fish, heads in, tails out. We used to 
take our clothes off and run down the seams with our fingers and 
kill lots of them, but the next day there would be just as nuxny as 
ever. When exchanged we were taken to City Point and from 
there to Annapolis. 

AsHER D. Bice. 

I was taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, mj' birthday. 
Myself with several other comrades, a captain and a lieutenant, were 
surrounded by the Hebs and remained near the battle-iield under 
guard, during the next two days. On the morning of the " glorious 
Fourth," we were started for Uichmond, Va., where we arrived in due 
time, after a long and tedious march, suffering greatly at times from 
loss of sleep and all the time from hunger. Here I will give a little 
to ilhistrate our sufferings on that memorable march. After cross- 
ing the Potomac we were given, to each man, one-half pint of 
wheat Hour, and then started again on our march. During the 
next sixty hours we received nothing more to eat, nor any sleep ex- 
cept what we could get during our halts of five minutes' duration. 
These halts would occur at intervals of six or eight hours. After 
arriving at Richmond we were sent to Belle Isle to board, where I 
remained until October 1, making just two months during which I 
was a prisoner of war, when I was exchanged on parole. I will not 
attempt to tell of our sufferings on the Island, as I consider it wholly 
beyond the power of tongue to tell, or })en to desci'ibe them. My 
weight when captured was two hundred pounds. Comrade W. W. 
Earle and myself, by using a little strategy, succeeded in getting pa- 
roleti in the last lot that was paroled from Belle Isle. Had we not 
succeeded in getting away from that hell, we would, in all j)robability, 
have had the privilege of visiting Anderson ville. Of my experience 



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in Parole Camp, I need say nothing more, than that we were again 
under the old flag, and had plenty to eat and the wherewith to 
cover our backs. I was four months in Parole Camp at Annapolis, 
and fonr months at Parole Camp at Columbus, Ohio. 

Harrison Kniskern. 

The regiment moved across Germania Ford, May 5, 1864. Meet- 
ing Lee's advance, we attacked and drove them back, and held them 
in check from 8 a. m. •until 3 p. m. We were then ordered to cover 
the retreat of our forces and to remain at the rear for thirty minutes 
before following. During that time we were cut off, and after re- 
peated attacks of the enemy, we took to the woods and fields. While 
crossing a ravine and jumping a fence, my saddle-girth gave way, 
turning the saddle and landing me on my back. I then became a 
demoralized infantry-man, and crossing a stream my cavalry boots 
filled with water, and with my two hundred and six pounds of body 
I was compelled to hide in a ditch. I was found by a B-eb. who 
took me to a cousin of his from the Shenandoah Yalley, and was 
treated well while with him. While joking with the Rebs. and in- 
ducing them to read one of my " best girl's " letters, I succeeded in 
hiding and saving a ten-dollar greenback, and a two-dollar knife. 
We received our first rations, two sea biscuits, from the Rebs, at 
Orano;e C. H. at one o'clock the next morniuoc. Our next i-ation 
consisted of a pint of raw corn. 

The greater part of ten months I spent in Anderson ville, Ga., 
and Florence, S. C. When captured I was wearing a new cavalry 
suit, which I had taken some pains to jjiocure to wear home on fur- 
lough a short time before. The gold-plated buttons from the coat 
I sold from time to time for four dollars each in Rebel money. The 
food and exposure at Andersonville laid me up for weeks, and to 
make it more sure to stay by me, they sent rae to Florence to win- 
ter, with but little clothing and bare footed. Ice froze nights which 
would bear a man. I had for mates in the last-named prison, Tripp 
Parker and Nears Doiiglas, of Maine, who died by my side. I saw 
sights which ought to cause any American citizen to blush. One 
"Lon" Bouck, of Breakabeen, died, alive with vermin, and nothing 
given to help him free himself. I was paroled at Goldsborourgh, N. 
C; treated for a while at Wilmington, N. C, for bone fever, then 
sent home on furlough, and discharged, June 14, 1865. 



396 Schoharie County Veterans. 

George W. Guernsey. 

Tlie " Battle of Peach Tree Creek," Ga., within about three miles 
of Atlanta, was the last battle in wliicii I participated. Our regi- 
ment was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Allen H. Jackson, 
who was a bravo soldier, and on this occasion, I thought, a little reck- 
less, as he was so far in advance of his regiment as to be out of sight 
when we went into action, it being a wooded section where we were 
operating. Some of our men on the right were tiring, although 
from where my company stood, not a graycoat was to be seen. I 
determined to hold my tire until the enemy appeared, and while 
waiting and watching, I noticed that only one man was left near me; 
the whole line so far as I could see had retreated. This man was 
Corporal Davis Gilbonrne, a fearless soldier. About this time the 
colonel came running back like a deer, to overtake his regiment, 
having lost one of his lingers by a shot from the enemy. I asked 
him if he saw the Rebs.; he said, " Good God ! don't you see them 
there?" and away he went without giving a word of command. 
Then all at once the Johnnies swarmed upon us so that I deemed it 
impossible to escape. As they came up Corporal Gilbonrne shook 

his fist at them, exclaiming "surrender? you, surrender. But 

we were oidy two, and when we did not throw down our arms, and 
they were about to bayonet us, we surrendered and were pulled to 
the rear as fast as our captors could travel, Ave feeling assured that 
in a few minutes the Union lines would be reformed, and shot and 
shell would be flying after us, and so it turned out. This was Gen- 
eral Hood's first battle after he had superseded Joe E. Johnson. He 
made a terrible onslaught, took about two thousand prisoners, but 
paid dearly for it, as history will inform all who read. We all 
marched to Atlanta and were put on board the cars for Anderson- 
viilc!. Wliile waiting in Atlanta, those Confederate ofhcers who were 
ai-ound were c[uite exultant. 

One colonel boasted that they had captured all of our artilleiy 
"some 30 ])ieces or more." I told him that was only what we had 
in one hole. They found it -to be so, by the way Sherman sent the 
shells among them before we left Atlanta. We arrived at Ander- 
sonville without iiicident. At the gate most of the prisoners were 
searched, and all money and other articles were taken from them ; 
all of great value to pi'isoners in such a place. Here we met the 
notorious Capt. Wirtz ; he stormed and threatened like a demon, 
although no one said any thing, and he was having every thing his 
own way. He had a battery on a knoll outside and commanding 



War of the Rebellion. 397 

the camp, and declared tliat he would fire on them if he saw them 
collecting in crowds at any time It will be remembered that this 
man expiated the crime of shooting helpless prisoners, on the gal- 
lows at Washington after the war. At Andersonville I found my 
brother who had been held a prisoner for about a year, having been 
confined on Belle Isle in the James river at Richmond, in tents 
without fire and while ice was a foot thick in the James river. Like 
•hundreds of others he was about used up. The stories related of 
Andersonville are not exaggerations. Men were lying upon the 
ground in all directions, almost naked and covered with filth and 
scurf, without bed or shelter, groaning and dying in pain,, so that, 
many days, scores would be carried out. Our stay at Andersonville 
was abridged by Sherin^in's progress " through Georgia," and we 
were taken to Millen. Any place was better than Andersonville, 
which is only another name for misery and death. Our daily fare 
at that place was a piece of corn bread about as large as three 
fingers, with a small piece of bacon, or occasionally a small piece of 
beef. At Millen we had corn meal or pea beans, with weevils or 
bugs in them, and occasionally a small ration of molasses. While 
here " election day" came, "Little Mack" having been nominated, 
and Lincoln re-Tiominated for the presidency ; a few of our men at- 
tempted to harangue their fellows in favor of Lincoln's re-election, 
but they were speedily stopped by the guards. From Millen we 
were taken to a camp near Savannah for a short time, thence to 
Blackshear, Fla., for a few days, and finally to Florence, S. C. Time 
wore heavily and we became reduced by scanty rations. Much time 
was spent in talking of the prospect of once more breathing the air 
under the "stars and stripes," where we could have enough to eat 
and clothing to keep us warm. Much time was spent in warring 
against lice and mosquitos by day and fleas at night, until it became 
too cold for mosquitos, then our sleep was disturbed by dreams of 
blankets for bedding and sights of eatables of all kinds, and like the 
"Mirage of the Desert" to disappear on awakening. Starvation 
will nnman the strongest person, and he will commit petty acts to 
get a morsel, which otherwise would never have been thought of. 
I could endure the prison life on such fare toleraUy well, no physi- 
cal labor being required, until cold weather camo, then, wdth scanty 
covering, the nights were long, tedious and uncomfortably cold. 
Little pastime was engaged in, for as half-starved domestic animals 
are not known to frolic and pla}', so the men in Soutliern prisons 
were " grim visaged " and of " sober mien." 



398 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Witli few exceptions, each man was intent on looking after his 
own welfare. Some of the prisoners would fight for a morsel of 
food or a chew of tobacco. It was estimated that thirty thousand 
were confined at Andersonville, representing all branches of the 
service. Florence, S. C, was the last prison I was in. One day the 
dififerent divisions were called in line, in open ranks, and the doctors 
passed between to pick out the sick and feeble, to be paroled, and 
they were placed under guard, aside from the main body. Although 
I was jiassed by as " rugged " enough to stay, yet, when the doctor's 
back was turned, I unconcernedly left the ranks and joined the in- 
valids, the guards being none the wiser. And so, on the 13th of 
December, I left the Southern prison, still occupied by hundreds of 
sufferers, and the next day reached Charleston, and went on board 
the United States transport " Yaruna " in Charleston Harbor, bound 
for Annapolis, Md. We felt happy inwardly, though too much re- 
duced physically to show it. When once on board the transport, we 
were sti-ipped and were given a change of clothing, casting our prison 
clothes, with their countless creeping inhabitants, into the sea. Our 
voyage North was without event, except a great amount of heaving 
overboard of the contents of our inside bread-baskets. For many 
days it was impossible to appease our appetites, and we heard of one 
or two cases of death from over-eating. From Annapolis I was fur- 
loughed home for thirty days, with orders to i-eport at Camp Chase, 
Ohio, at the expiration of my leave. In the spring we rejoined our 
several regiments, took part in the Grand Review at Washington, 
and as the "• cruel war was over," we were mustered out of "Uncle 
Sam's " service, and went on our several ways, rejoicing that peace 
had come, and that the question of " Secession of States '^ had 
been settled. 

Oscar Akeley. 

I was taken prisoner at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, after being 
wounded. I was transferred to a hospital at Richmond, and cared 
for and nursed b}' my fellow-prisoners, and have little cause to com- 
plain of my treatment, but the rations were very scant and of poor 
(puility. After sjicnding seventy days in the prison hospital I was 
sent to Camp Pai-ole. While there 1 saw and heard very much of the 
effects of the horrible prison life. While it is impossible to draw a 
true picture, there are many others who can do far better than I. If 
Americans can forgive and forget, the men in charge of those horrid 
holes will never receive their reward until the Judgment day, and 
from the hand of a just God. 



War of the Rebellion. 399 

Andersonville. 

(From a Report made by Clara Barton To the People of the UiiitedStates of A merica.) 
This womau, who has become known and honored among all civilized nations, 
began a search for the missing men of the United States Army in March of 1865, 
under the sanction of President Lincoln, became acquainted with an ex-prisoner 
named Dorence Atwater, who had been a prisoner at Belle Isle and Andersonville 
twenty-two mouths and had been charged by the Rebel authorities with the duty 
of keeping the Death Register of the Union prisoners, who died at the last-named 
prison. After a consultation with Comrade Atwater, she conceived the idea of 
identifying the graves by comparing the numbered posts with a register which 
had been made by him and which he had succeeded in preserving. With this 
object in view her proposition was laid before Secretary Stanton and approved 
by him, and by his order an expedition was fitted out with men and materials for 
the purpose of designating the graves and inclosing the grounds with a fence. 
Miss Barton was invited to accompany the expedition, which left Washington on 
the Sth of July and arrived at Andersonville July 25. I am indebted to this lady 
for many acts of kindly interest in my work, and having no doubt that her de- 
scription of Andersonville, immediately after the war, will be especially interest- 
ing to the reader, I take pleasure iu giving it. 

" We found the prison grounds, stockade, hospital sheds and the 
various minor structures, ahuost in the same condition in which they 
had been evacuated ; and care is taken to iiave these historic monu- 
ments undisturbed, so long as the elements will spare them. There 
is not, and never was any town or village at this place except what 
grew out of its military occupation . Anderson Station, on the rail- 
road from Macon to Eufala, was selected as a depot for prisoners, 
probably on account of its remoteness and possible security, and the 
prison itself, with the buildings which sprang up around it, consti- 
tuted all there was of Andersonville. The land around it is 
broken and undulating, and at the time of the occupation was covered 
with forests, mostly of the long-leafed pine, common to the uplands 
of the South. The bases of fhe hills are lined with oozy springs, 
which unite to form little rivulets, one of which winds sluggishly 
through each of the intervening marshy valleys. The original in- 
closure of nineteen acres was made in the unbroken woods; and the 
timber was only removed as it was wanted for the necessities of the 
prison. The inclosure was made in January, 1864, and enlarged, 
during the summer, to twenty five and three-fourths acres, being a 
quadrangle 1,295 by 805 feet. The greatest length is from north to 
south, the ground rising from the middle toward each end in rather 
a steep, rounded hill, the northern one being at once the highest and 
of the greatest extent. A small stream, rising from springs a little 
to the eastward, Hows across it, through a narrow valley tilled with 
compost washed down by the rains. 



-100 Schoharie County Veterans. 

" Tlie inclosing stockade is formed by ])iiic logs, twenty feet in 
length, and about eigbt inches in diameter, sank five feet into the 
ground, and placed close together. This is again surrounded by two 
successive and precisely similar palisades, a portion of the last of 
which is gone. It seems never to have been completed. The two 
inner walls remain entire. Within the interior space, at the dis- 
tance of about seventeen feet from the stockade, runs the famous dead 
line, marked by small posts set in the ground, and a slight strip of 
]M*ne boai'd nailed on the tops of them. The gates, of which there 
are two, situated on the west side, were continuations of the stock- 
ade, inclosing spaces of thirty feet square, more or less, with mas- 
sive doors at either end. They were arranged and worked on the 
princii)le of canal lucks. Upon the inner stockade were fifty-two 
sentry boxes, raised above the tops of the palisades, and accessible 
to the guard by ladders. 

"In these stood fifty-two guards, with loaded arms, so near that 
they could converse with each other. In addition to these, seven 
forts, mounted with field artillery, connnanded the fatal space and its 
masses of ])erishing men. Under the most favorable circumstances, 
and l)est possible management, the supply of water would have been 
insufficient for half the number of persons using it. The sole es- 
tablishments for cooking and baking were placed on the bank of 
the stream, immediately above, and between the two inner lines of 
palisades. The grease and refuse from them were found adhering 
to the banks at the time of our visit. The guards, to the nnmber of 
about 3,000, were principally encamped on the upper part of the 
stream, and when the heavy rains washed down the hillsides, covered 
with 30,000 human beings, and the outlet below failed to discharge the 
fiood which backed and filled the valley, the water must have be- 
come so foul and loathsome, that every statement I have seen of its 
oflfensiveness must be considered as falling short of the reality, and 
yet, within rifle shot of the prison there flowed a stream, fifteen feet 
wide and three feet deep, of pure, delicious water. Had the })rison 
been ])laced so as to include a section of the ^ Sweet Water Creek,' 
the inmates might have drank and bathed to their hearts' con- 
tent. ■" * * Five sheds stand on the top of the northern hill, 
erected in the early ])art of the occupation, and five more on the 
opposite height, bnilt a short time before the evacuation. 

'* Like nearly all southern land, the soil is liable to be washed away 
by the rains; and on the slopes of the hills, ravines are now formed, 
gullied to the de])th of twelve feet. It seems impossible that men 



War of the Reuellion. 401 

could have kept tlieir footing on tliese hillsides, when slippery with 
rain. Outside of the iuclosure, and nearly paralled with its south 
end, is the hospital stockade, 800 feet by 350. It contains twenty- 
two sheds, for the most part without sides, erected about three months 
before the place was abandoned. The okl hospital, occupied uj) to 
that time, in which so many brave men died, consisted only of tents 
incloseil by a board fence, and surrounded by a guard. Confused 
heaps of rubbish alone mark the place it occupied. About lialf a 
mile from the main prison, and near Anderson Station, is the officers' 
stockade, a small iuclosure, in which were never i'uprisoned more 
than 250 officers, and it was chiefly used for the confinement of 
Rebel oft'enders. The cemetery, around which the chief interest must 
gather, is distant about 300 yards from the stockade in a north-west- 
erly direction. The graves, placed side by side in close, continuous 
rows, cover nine acres, divided into three unecpial lots by two roads, 
which intersect each other nearly at I'ight angles. The fourth space 
is still unoccupied, except by a few graves of ' Confederate soldiers.' ' 
Since the visit of Miss Barton and the ])iivty commissioned to 
identify the graves, our government has replaced the wooden iiead- 
boards, set up at that time, by neat marljle stones, and converted 
the grounds into a neat cemetery. That the graves of over twelve 
thousand Union men can be designated by name is owing to the 
list made and preserved by Dorence Atwater and the humane effort 
of Clara Barton. 



THE ROLL OF HONOR. 

"The Death Return." 
"• Azrael ! Azrael ! iVzrael tested them 
See those pale shadows ! 
Can i/tey be the rest of them ^ 
Look at them ! Geiosts ! 
Who are riding abreast of tlaiu, 
If you would know of them. 
Some of the best of them. 
Chosen by death, 

"When he made a fierce test of them. 
Look through the ye;u"s 
Of the war eagle's track, 
51 



40;^ 



ScHoiiAKiK County Veterans. 



Look :it the head-stoiies 
That lie hi the track, 
All wet with hot tears 
When they did not coine back." 

HORACR BiNNEY SaRGENT. 



Allen, David C. 
Andrews, Henry. 
Archer, John A. 
Barlow, Joseph. 
Barton, Darins C. 
Bowie, James. 
P>rown, Harvey. 
Brnndey, John. 
Butler, John. 
Clow, Erskine. 
Clute, Henry .a 
Clapper, Geoi-ge. 
Cook, Timothy P. 
Coons, David S. a 
Cornell, William H.a 
Cosgrove, Charles. 
Cowley, Hector. 
Creighton, David W. 
Decatur, James. 
Douglass, Geo. W. 
Earl, Wilber N. 
Kckerson, William, Jr. 
Efner, Erastus. 
Fox, Levi O. 
Fieyei", Henry. 
Gardner, Henry C. 
Guernsey, 'JMieodore. 
GufKn, James, 
llaggadorn, Wm. 1*. 
Hal leek, Nicholas. 
Uallenbeck, Henry. 
Hallenbeck, Martin W. 
llaner, David. 



Killed. 

a Accident, d Drowned. 

Hammond, Jas. H. 
Hartgraves, John. 
Hummel, Rensom. 
Hunter, Chas. J.d 
Hyser, Jacob. 
Kilmer, James. 
Layman, Francis. 
Lane, Stanton. 
Lawyer, Hiram K, 
Liddle, Wm. J. 
Litthj, Loren L. 
Manchester, John A. 
Morehouse, John. 
Moyer, Sylvanus. 
Nichols, Nathan. 
Ostrander, John. 
Payne, George 11. 
Palmatier, Daniel. 
Palmaticr, Jas. H. 
Parris, Charles. 
Porter, William. 
Ray, John. 
Rickard, Nathaniel. 
Robinson, Franklin, a 
Slater, William. 
Slater, Levi. 
Slater, John M. 
Shumway, Silas. 
Shafer, Sylvester. 
Snyder, Thomas. 
South wick, Calvin. 
Strykcr, Geo. M. 
Sweet, Sylvanus. 



War of the Rebellion. 



40:3 



Thompson, Lysaiidcr. 
Tenter, llelauu 
Tompkins, Jay, Jr. 
Taylor, Robert. 
Yan Bureu, Peter A. 
Van Loan, James L. 
Walters, Ambrose. 
Wagoner, Cbanncey. 
Walker, Riclitmyer. 
Waynian, Jeremiah, a 



Watson, John I. 
West, John A. 
Wharton, James. 
Winnie, James. 
Wilber, Ebin. 
Wilber, Hiram. 
Weidman, James. 
Weidman, Septimus. 
Woodworth, Jolin. 
Yansen, Joseph. 



Wounded and Cai'Tuked, Fate Unknown. 
Barry, James Houghtalino-, Levi 

Gardner, Robert W. Lee, Peter 

Gardner, Eenry Tompkins, Moses 



Died of Wounds. 



Barnhart, Cornelius 
Boughtoii, Seidell 
Bradley, John 
Brown, Charles 
I'urhans, George 
Barry, Jeremiah 
Bice, Henry 
Brown, Harvey A. 
Brown, Sovereign 
Campbell, Hiram 
Chatterton, Pliilo 
Cain, William 
Chapman, George 
Claus, David 
Dana, Philip W. 
Dorson, John 
ILillenbeck, Nelson 
Hiney, John 
II nested, Wilson 
Hurst, Robert 



Bailey, Ednuuid J. 
Best, James 



Lawyer, George S. 
Lynes, David 
Mead, Ephraim 
Ottman, Norman 
Ottman, Norman C. 
Oliver, Gideon 
Parslow, Jacob 
Reed, Jeremiah 
Salisbury, Amasa 
Stanton, J. Cady 
Stover, Abram 
Tillapaugh, George W. 
Thomas, Thurston 
Teabout, Jacob H. 
Yan Buren, Abram 
Yan Wormer, John 
Yan Wagoner, William 
Yanglm, Robert 
Wilbur, Philip C. 



Died of Disease. 

Becker, Yin ton 
Bouck, Petei" G. 



404 



Schoharie County Vkterans. 



IJraiuaii, Fi-aiik 
Bray mail, Cliarles 
iJorst, Morrit J. 
Brown, Charles 
Bruce, Albert 
Bullis, Charles 
Chipper, George 
Cleveland, Isaac 
C.irtw right, William 
Ciiam[)anuise, Harrison 
Champlin, George W. 
Clark, James 
Conrad, John 
Cross, Joseph 
Dykeman, Martin 
Dey, David W. 
De Witt, Cornelius 
Decker, Charles L. 
Diamond, David 
Disbro, William 
Drumm, Peter II. 
Duel, John F. 
Driggs, Elias 
Dykeman, Isaac 
Dykeman, James M. 
Face, Erastns 
Esniay, Rufns 
Funk, Simeon 
Fox, Samuel W. 
Friest, Wesley 
Gordon, Henry 
(Tncrnsey, Charles H. 
Ilallenbeck, Uriah 
lletherington, Joseph 
llillsley, John ,]. 
Ilillsley, John L. 
Hulburt, Edgar 
Jackson, Solomon 
Johnson, Wellington 
King, Ste])heii 
Klock, Jeremiah 



Layman, Livingston 
Lincoln, David 
Livingston, Sylvester 
Leliman, De Witt 
Lock wood, Jeremiah 
Martin, Charles 
Marshall, Anthony 
McKee, Joseph 
McMillen, William II. 
Mattice, Alonzo 
Minor, Isaac 
Moak, Nicholas D. 
Moore, Jarvis 
More, Timothy S. 
Miirphey, J(»hn W. 
Morris, William 
Palmatier, Henry 
Palmatier, Willis 
Pausley, Peter 
Picket, Erastus 
Pitcher, Jeremiah 
Porter, Benjamin 
Relyea, John 
Sagendorf, John 
Saxe, Charles 
Selleck, Wliited 
Schermerhorn, Alex 
Scroin, George H. 
Schell, Jacob 
Settle, Madison 
Shafer, Geoi-gc F. 
Shafer, Geor<;e A. 
Shafer, Emory A. 
Shnfelt, Peter 
Shnfelt, Orison 
Small, Samuel 
Stanley, Joshua W. 
Stanton, John II. 
Smith, Hezekiah 
Stanton, William H. 
Stilvvell, William T. 



War of the Rebei,lion. 405 

Stilwell, Daniel Warner, John 

Stewart, Martin Warner, Lyman P. 
Styner, Jacob ' Way man, Peter A. 

Sullivan, John Wempel, IJcnry D. 

Tompkins, Jcdcdiah Whiting, George H. 

Townsend, Ronben White, Stephen P. 

Van Patten, George Wilday, Albert 

Walden, Isaac B. Zielie, Spencer 

Died in Rebel Prisons. 

Adams, AVilliam D, Lake, Martin S. 

Bailey, James L. Mace, Jefferson 

Bates, William N. Mattice, Henry C. 

Bear, Ralph Morris, George II. 

Bender, Peter Richards, Albert H. 

Bouck, Alonzo Roe, Melvin 

Brewster, Otis Roney, Barner 

Carey, Daniel Russell, Johnathan 

Crapser, Jesse A, Silvernail, Ilarman 

Damon, Andrew J. Spanlding, Frazier 

Dibble, Henry Spore, Michael 

Driggs,' Alonzo Snyder, Cornelius 

Eggleston, Miles Swart, David E. 

Fox, Elmer Teatcr, Jacob 

Fries, George Tyler, Cyrenus 

Gavit, Leander Van Loan, DeWitt 

Gregory, Howard O. Vroman, John W. 

Hay, Jefferson Witbeck, Martin 

Jenkins, John L. Wright, George H. 

Johnson, Charles Zeh, Martin G. 

Died Soon After Riolease. 

Alger, Chester Donavan, Clinton J. 

Best, John Ilemstreet, Charles W. 

Burnette, Isaac Morrison, Abram E. 

Mur])hey, James 

Number wounded and recovered 230 

Number iinprisoned and survived 31 

Number died soon after release 7 

Numl)er died in pi'ison 40 



400 Schoharie County Veterans. 

Number died of disease 102 

Number died of wounds 39 

Nnml)or killed 86 

Number wounded and fate uiikiu>wn 



541 



BROTHERS IN THE REBELLION. 



Allen, Charles, David C. 
Alger, Charles, Chester. 
Barlow, John, Joseph. 
Babcock, John II., James. 
Bevens, Martin, Dennis, John. 
Best, James, John. 
Best, William G., Orville. 
Boom, William H. H., Nelson, 

George. 
Brown, Harvey, Sovereign. 
Bi-own, Isaac R., Edward P. 
Campbell, Lewis, Ale.xandor. 
Cain, Renben, William. 
Clow, Clark, Erskinc. 
Chapman, George, Lionel. 
Coons. John W., Jacob W., 

Malachi W., Clark, Geo. II. 
Conradt, John, Abram, Peter II. 
Crcighton, Henry, David W. 
Clnte, Henry, Charles S. 
Cornell, William II., Schuyler S. 
Cowlc}', Hector, Chai'les. 
De Silvia, Homer, Henry A. 
Decatur, Jacob H., Abram, 

James. 
Driggs, Elias, Al«»nzo. 
Dings, Luman, Truman, David, 

Half l)rothers -loseph and 

Peter II. Drum. 
Dykenian, Martin, Isaac, -las. M. 
Eckerson, Cliaun(;y, Henry M. 
Egnor, Whislow, Nathan. 
Eckerson, .lacob, Ezra, lMiili|». 



Eggleston, Henry. Heman, Miles, 
Jnlins D. 

Esmay, Aaron, Jedediah M. 

Ellis, Rasselas, D. Ward. 

Gardner, Ezra, Riley S. 

Gordon, Jas., Setli E., Ste])hen A. 

Gardner, Henry, Richard. 

Guernsey, George, Levi, Ralph, 
Theodore. 

Gregory, Howard O., Willard F. 

Hay, Walter S., William H., 
James D. 

Ilonglitaling, Edward, Samuel, 
Levi. 

Ilallenbeck, Nelson, Henry. 

Hulburt, Edgar, Seymour. 

Ilallenbeck, Nicholas, Martin W. 

Ham, Levi B., George. 

Haskins, John II., Henry. 

Haley, Peter, Martin. 

Haines, Chauncy, Martin B. 

Haines, John, Peter. 

llotaling, Steuben, Charles. 

Jackson, David, Jeremiah. 

King, John II. , Stephen L. 
Keyser, Jonas, Abram. 

King, Lawrence, Stephen, Peter. 

Kilts, Robert, David A., Wil- 
liam J. 

Kniskern, Harrison, James, 

Washington. 
Kimball, El)enezer, Sjuitb. 
Kniskei'ii, Lewis, Frii,id\'. 



Wak of the Rebellion. 



407 



Layuian, Livingston, Francis. 
Maybee, Orrin, Jeremiah. 
Moak, Nicholas D., George W. 
Mickle, Weston G., Charles L. 
Merenes, Setli B., Lyman D. 
Merenes, Stephen J., Melvin. 
Porter, James W., Robert S. 
Palnmtier, David, Willis. 
Parris, Charles, Levi. 
Palmatier, James PL, Daniel. 
Porter, Benjamin, James. 
Richards, William IL, Albert IL 
Rovvle}', Demmon, Hiram S. 
Roe, Melvin, Henry. 
Reed, Jeremiah, David, Ellis. 
Russel, Alvin, Ira. 
Rockwell, Jay, Henry. 
Slater, Ira, Isaac, Levi. 
Swift, Jarvis, Washington. 
Sagendorf, John, Jonas. 
Schermerhorn, Riley, Levi. 
Shafer, Henry, Charles. 
Shafer, Levi, Thomas L. 
Sperbeck, Levi, Orlando. 
Salisbury, James, A.masa. 
Sweet, John E., Sylvan ns. 



Stanley, Joshua W., Joseph M. 
Stilwell, William T., Daniel II. 
Stanton, Robert J., William II. , 

John II. , Thompson. 
Tabor, Jacob H., Gideon. 
Taylor, James, Robert. 
Teater, Daniel, Helani. 
Truax, Sylvester, David, Edwin. 
Van Buren, A brain, Peter A., 

Jacob H. 
Van Loan, Orrin D., De Witt. 
Van Kleek, Hugo, Isaac. 
Van Valkenberg, Benjamin, 

Sylvanus, Alexander. 
Warner, Lyman P., William II. 
Warner, Alvah, Milo. 
Warner, Ira, Ezra. 
Walker, Jared, Richtniyer, 

Abram. 
Wayman, William, David, Jacob. 
Weaver, Benjamin, Charles. 
Welch, Esick, Harvey. 
West, Ezra, John H. 
Wilber, Hiram, Philip C. 
Wood, Charles E., Joseph D. 
Yansen, Joseph, Henry, Peter. 



408 



Schoharie County Vbtbuans. 



ROSTiER BY TOWNS. 

War of tiik Reuelt.ton, 



Badgley, Jolin. 
I3arrv, Jereniiali. 
Hardiolemew, William. 
IJiirton, James. 
IJurtoii, David W. 
Cliamplin, George W. 
Ciiami)lin, Stanton. 
Cliatterton, IMiilo. 
Cleveland, Kenand 
Curtis, Oirin 15. 
Decker, Cliailos I,, 
llyser, Jacub. 



r.LENIIEIM. 

Hysei-, Feter. 
Judd, Lyman. 
Keyser, Peter. 
Kiiiskern, James. 
Kniskern, Washington. 
Kniskern, Harrison. 
Kniskern, Iliram. 
Mattice, Cliristoi)l)er. 
McKee, Joseph. 
Parslow, Alon/o. 
Parslow Henry. 
Partridge, Rufus. 



Richmond, Melvin. 
Sagendorf, Andrew. 
Shafer, Edwin. 
Stoker, (^liarles M. 
Veley, Robert. 
Vroman, John 15. 
Vroman, John W. 
Warner, Alvah. 
White, Daniel. 
Williams, John. 
Wiltey, Charles. 
Winnie, Lafavette. 



Hrown, William U. 
Clule, Charles S. 
Cliite, Henry. 
Clute, John, 
('onrad, John. 
Conrad, Abram. 
Conrad, I'etcr H. • 
(jordon, Henry 
Giillin, Ajidrew Y. 
Gullin, ('yrns. 
Gudin, Otis. 
Haley, Martin. 



(!ARLISI,E. 

Haley, Petei-. 
Hanson, Nicholas. 
Hcmstrect, Charles. 
Hiney, John 11. 
Hine.v, John L. 
Hnrst, Robert. 
Johnson, Charles. 
McKce, Alonzo. 
McMillen, William 11. 
Mickle, Charles I,. 
Mickle, Weston G. 
Relyea, John. 



Rockerfellow, George. 
Rnssel, William 11. 
Swarthout, James. 
Taylor, Charles W. 
Sjn'oiig, lleni-y J- 
Tilla]>angh, George W. 
lllman, Abram IJ. 
Van Woi'mer, Isaac. 
Van Wormer, John II, 
While, Stei)hen I'. 



Habcock, James. 
Habcock, John. 
Uarringcr, William I, 
P.ales, Hewitt V,. 
Hates, William .N. 
Hra/ee, Abram. 
Hrooks, Seward. 
Hrooks, John H. 
Hndgc, Donald. 
Cain, llenben. 
Chichester, Albert. 
Cleveland, John C. 
Coagrove, Charles. 
Conklin, Abram. 
Decker, l,uther. 
Decker, Thomas. 
Dennison, Kdward, 
Doney, IJenjamin. 
Donovan, ('linlon J. 
Diiggs, Mlias. 



P. ROOM E. 

Ellis, 1). Ward. 
Freyer, Henrj'. 
Goodfellow, Origin. 
Gordon, Stephen, 
llaggadoi'n, Lncius. 
Haggadorn, William P 
Hallenbeck, Heni-y. 
llallcnbeck, Jacob. 
Hallenbeck, Mai'tin. 
Hallenbeck, Nelson. 
Hallenbeck, Nicholas. 
Haskins, Henry, 
llaskins, John, 
llonghtaling, Levi. 
Hulbnrt, Edgar, 
llulbnrt, Seymour. 
Kelsey, Albert II. 
Mace, .lelTerson. 
Minor, Isaac. 
Morrison, Abtatn C. 



Patten, Scynioni' L. 
Pansley, Peter. 
Porter, Henjamin. 
Porter, .lames. 
Porter, William. 
Prior, (Jeoi'ge O. 
Reed, David. 
Reed, Ellis. 
Reed, Jereniiaii. 
Richlmyn?, John W. 
Rodgeis, .lohn 1). 
Rnssell, Johnathan. 
Rust, Pulaski. 
Smallen, .John. 
Sniilli, Charles S. 
Snyder, (Jornelius, 
Spateholts, Abram. 
Spateholls, Jacob. 
Taylor, James. 
Taylor, Robert. 



War of the Eebellion. 



409 



Walker, Abrum. 
Walker, Richtniyer. 
Wilber, Ebin. 



Wilbcr, Harvey. 
Wilsey, Martin. 



Wilsey, Munson. 
Walker, .lared. 



Beaver, George R. 
Bice, John J. 
Bice, Asher D. 
Borsl., Isaac. 
Borst, Peter E. 
Browiilee, James. 
Bullis, Charles. 
Campbell, Hiram. 
Campbell, Duncan. 
Campbell, James. 
Campbell, Peter. 
Cleveland, Isaac V. 
Cook, Henry. 
Darrow, Daniel. 
Dings, Luman. 
Eckerson, Philip. 
Earles, William W. 
Guernsey, (Jeorgc W. 
Guernsey, Charles H. 
Guernsey, Theodore. 
GufHn, James. 
Hanna, William. 



COBLESKILL 

Herron, Daniel. 
Hcrron, William W. 
Hiimmel, Renson. 
King, Lawrence. 
King, John H. 
King, Peter. 
King, Stephen. 
King, Stephen L. 
King, William H. 
Lane, Tobias. 
Lawyer, Peter 
Mann, George D. 
Moore, Philip. 
Moak, Nicholas D. 
Neers, Sylvester. 
O'Gorman, William. 
Pahnatier, Bradley. 
I'atrick, Richard. 
Panlser, Charles. 
Perry, Nicholas. 
Ramsey, Wilbur F. 
Roney, Barner. 



Schermcrhoni, Levi. 
Schermcrhorn, Ilile}^ 
Shafer, Charles (colored). 
Shafer, Sylvester. 
Slater, William. 
Smith, Andrew. 
Stanton, John H 
Stanton, Robeit J. 
Stanton, Thompson. 
Stanton, William H. 
Towers, Peter. 
Van Kleek, Hugo. 
Van Patten, George. 
Van Wie, James. 
Warner, Abram. 
Watson, David A. 
Webster, Alo.xander M. 
Wilday, Albert. 
Winnie, James. 
Youngs, Nelson S. 



Adams, Wm. D. 
Andrus, Oliver. 
Bates, Resolved P. 
Bear, Ralph. 
Brand, Andrew L. 
Brown, Albert. 
Buckbee, Arthur. 
Canimer, John H. 
Craw, George. 
Dean, Reuben C. 
Dibble, Henry. 
Dibble, William G. 
Dingman, Reuben. 
Duncan, Charles. 
Earl, Wilbur N. 
Ham, John J. 



CONKSVILLE. 

Hay, James 1). 
Hay, Walter S. 
Hay, William H. 
Hitchcock, Vernon. 
Hunter, Chas. J. 
Layman, Francis, 
Layman, Livingston. 
Ijayman, Thaddeus. 
Maybee, Isaac. 
Morehouse, John. 
Mosicr, Alanson E. 
Murpliey, James. 
Murphey, John N. 
Porter, James W. 
I'orter, Robert S. 
Richtmyer, Marcus. 



Richtmyer, Martin. 
Robinson, Franklin. 
Schermerhorii, Wm. 
Sloat, Sylvanus. 
Slocum, Joseph. 
Small, Samuel. 
Stryker, Geo. M. 
Thomas, A. Sidney. 
Van Loan, Ale.x. 
Van Loan, Devvitt. 
Van Loan, Jas. L. 
Van Loan, Orrin D. 
Weed, David. 
Weed, James M. 
Wilber, Philip C. 



Archer, John A. 
Barry, James. 
Brown, Edwaid P. 
Brown, Isaac R. 
Brumlcy, John. 
Cami)bell, ('harles. 
Carnjibell, Ale.x. 

53 



ESPEKANOE. 

Campbell, Luther. 
Chapman, George. 
Chai)man, Lionel. 
Chilson, George. 
Chilson, Loren. 
Cole, Hiram. 
Cole, Peleg. 



Cole, Heman. 
Conover, Jacob. 
Davenport, Orville. 
Demott, William. 
Dinegar, Francis. 
Ensign, Fred. 
Hartgraves, John. 



410 



Schoharie County Vetbkans. 



Henistreet, Josepli. 
llogan, William A. 
lluested, Wilson. 
Jiulsoii, liCwis. 
Little, liOreii L. 
I.oslihind, .Inhn II. 
Maxwell, Wm. U. 
McCarty, James. 
McDullie, Wm. J. 
McMasters, I'erry E. 



Miller, Ahiiiiii . 
Montanye, Edwarii. 
Muntayne, John. 
Moore, Levi I). 
Nostrant, Seymour. 
Quick, Jacob. 
Rockwell, Henry. 
Rockwell, Jay. 
Rockwell, Wm. A. 
Shafer, I'aul. 



Shafer, Petei- P. 
Simmons, Edward. 
Smoke, Thomas. 
Sweet,_Johii S. 
Towers, William. 
Underbill, W. Irvinsj. 
Weaver, Henj. K. 
Weaver, Chas. H. 
Wlieaton, Solomon .1. 
White, Stephen 1'. 



Aker, Oeorge. 
Armlin, William W. 
Haker, John. 
Baker, William U. 
iJartliolemew, (Miarles. 
Becker, Albert. 
Bellinger, Ilelmas. 
Best, James. 
Best, John 
Best, William G. 
Bovens, Maitin M. 
Bevens, William. 
Bice, Henry. 
Bouck, Alonzo 
Bray man, Andrew. 
ISrownell, Johnatlian. 
Burchard, Joseph. 
Champanoise, Ilarrisoii. 
Chase, John F. 
Crapser, William A. 
(.'umniings, Hamilton. 
Davis, Calvin. 
Decatur, Abi'am. 
Decatur, James. 
Dorson, John. 
Ecker, Lorenzo. 
Fletcher, Frank. 
Fiiend, Peter, 
(iardner, Richard. 
(Jasner, (Jeorge. 
(iates, lloralio. 
(Ji'tter, Jer(mie. 
Ilalleck, Robert, 
llallenbeck, Uriah, 
llain, (leorgc. 



FULTON. 

Ham, Lewis B. 
Hussong, ijeoj)old. 
James, Abram P. 
Jones, Legrand. 
Joslyn, John. 
Keyser, Abram. 
Ke^'ser, Jonas. 
Keyser, Jacob. 
Livingston, Harmon. 
Livingston, Sylvestei 
Mann, Thomas. 
Maybee, Jeremiah. 
Maybee, Orrin. 
Mattice, Jerome. 
Mattice, Walter. 
Miller, John H. 
Moore, Jarvis. 
Murpliey, Charles. 
Orr, Eugene. 
Palmatier, John. 
I'almatier, Henry. 
I'arslow, Anthony. 
Patterson, I<]pliraim. 
PhaneufT, Frank. 
Reynolds, Edgar. 
Rickard, Joseph. 
Roe, Henry. 
Rot!, M civ in. 
Salisbury, Amaas. 
Salisljury, James. 
Shafer, Deverne. 
Scram, George H. 
Scram, Jacob. 
Shafer, Levi. 
Sitzer, Seth. 



Slater, Ira. 
Slater, Isaac. 
Slater, John W. 
Slater, Levi. 
Smith, J. Wesley. 
Spickernian, Orson. 
Spore, John C. 
Spore, Maicelus. 
Spore, Michael. 
Steinhovcr, Samuel. 
Stewart, Martin. 
Sweet, Sylvanus. 
Tallerday, William M. 
Teller, Monroe. 
Tanner, Smith. 
Teller, Martin V. 
Tencyck, Hiram. 
Tompkins, George. 
Tompkins, Jay. 
Tompkins, Jay, Jr. 
Tompkins, Joshua. 
Tremain, Oscar J. 
Tygeit, (Jeorge W. 
Van Valkenberg, Alex. 
Van Valkenberg, Sylvanus. 
Warner, Abram. 
Warner, Samuel. 
Watson, John I. 
Way man, (Jeorge. 
West, Charles. 
West, John. 
West, Zadoc. 
Wilbur, John M. 
Zoh, Jeremiah. 



.Xckley, Oscar. 
Ames, Francis C. 
Andrews, George L. 
Bailey, James L. 
Baldwin, William L. 
Bailiiw, John. 



C, ILliOA . 

Barlow, Joseph. 
P.each, Willard O. 
Becker, William M. 
lleltman, John. 
Bevens, Dennis. 
l'>orlhwick,"Alex. 



Brewster, J. L. 
I$rines, Harvey J. 
Brewster, Otis. 
Cain, William. 
Cham|ilin, Omer. 
('hii'hester, George. 



Waii of tiik Rebellion. 



411 



Clark, James. 
Cook, Tiniotliy F. 
Creigliton, Henry. 
Dayman, Charles. 
Desylvia, Andrew. 
Desylvia, Henry A. 
Desylvia, Homer. 
Disbro, Charles A. 
Driggs, Charles A. 
Duncan, Orra M. 
Eggnor, Nathan. 
Eggnor, Winslow. 
Ellerson, Charles. • 
Face, Erastus. 
Fanning, Benjamin. 
Farqhcr, Artliur 11. 
Finch, Stei)hen. 
Finch, William A. 
Fox, Elmer. 
Fries, George. 
Friest, Wesley. 
Gardner, Charles. 
Gavit, licander. 
Goodfellow, Martin. 
Gordon, Setli E. 
Harris, Roscoe. 
Hartwell, Charles. 
Hay, Alden M. 
Hay, Jefferson. 



Holdridge, Orlando. 
Houglitaliug, Edward. 
Houghtaling, Samuel. 
Hubble, Solomon D. 
.lackson, David. 
Jackson, Jeremiah. 
Jenkins, John !>. 
Lafferty, I'eter. 
Lake, Martin. 
Lawyer, Francis. 
Layman, Wallace. 
Lee, I'eter. 
Lemily, Winslow 1'. 
Mackay, James A. 
Mattice, Alonzo. 
Mattice, I'aul. 
McGinnes, Barney. 
Mclnlyre, Archibald. 
Monroe, Joseph. 
Monroe, Henry. 
Moon, liuman D. 
More, Timothy S. 
Newconib, Sylvester. 
I'eek, Alvah. 
Proper, John R. 
Reed, William L. 
Roe, Daniel S. 
Roe, Jinks P. 
Sa.xe, Charles. 



Scherinerhorn, Hiram. 
Sclieinierhorn, VVillard. 
Selleck, Wliited. 
Shafer, Thomas L. 
Shoemaker, Abram. 
Smith, Hiram. 
Smith, Sylvester J. 
Southwick, Calvin. 
Sowles, Lorenzo. 
Stilwell, Hiram. 
Tibbets, James. 
Vroman, Albert L. 
Vroman, Wdliam. 
Warner, Milo. 
Waters, John. 
Welch, Michael. 
Wiesmar, Malbonc. 
Wilbur, Hiram. 
Williams, George. 
Wright, George H. 
Wright, John. 
Wood, Charles E. 
Wood, Joseph I). 
Wood, Charles N. 
Yeonians, George. 
Yeomans, Charles. 
Yeomans, Horace A. 



Armstrong, Alfred. 
Baird, Geo. W. 
Baird, Ezra J. H. 
Brown, Harvey A. 
Bruce, Albert. 
Bruce, Benj. F. 
Bruce, Edwin. 
Buck, Ezekiel. 
Buck, Ezra. 
Cbilds, E. 1). 
Clapper, John. 
Cowley, Charles. 
Cowley, Hector. 
Craft, Reuben. 
Creighton, David W. 
Dart, James M. 
Dana, Philip. 
Deyo, Peter. 
DriscoU, James. 
Dykeman, Peter R. 
Eggleston, Julius. 
I'^ggleston, lieman. 
Eggleston, Henry. 
Eggleston, Miles. 
Galhigher, Wm. 



JEFFKKSON. 
Gibbs, Chas. W. 
Gregory, Howard (). 
Gregory, Willard F. 
Halleck, Nicliolas. 
Haines, Chauncey. 
Haines, Martin B. 
Henry, John. 
Hetherington, Joseph. 
Hubbard, James H. 
Hubbard, Michael. 
Hubbard, Newton. 
Jones, Lunian L. 
Judd, George. 
Kennedy, Wm. 
Lambert, John P. 
Lines, Milo M. 
Lines, Samuel I). 
Martin, Charles. 
Mattice, Henry C. 
Nichols, Isaac P. 
Nichols, Nathan. 
Phinkle, Levi G. 
Reed, Davi<l V. 
Reed, William S. 
Uobinson, Wm. J. 



Roe, Avery. 
Rowley, Eli S. 
Salisbury, Robert. 
Scovil, Henry. 
Spore, Wesley. 
Stanley, Joseph R. 
Stanley, Joshua W. 
Starkins, John C. 
Stewart, Wm. E. 
Thomas, John B. 
Topping, Charles. 
Treadwell, Orrin B. 
Truax, Edwin. 
Twichcll, Ira. 
Tyler, Cyrenus. 
Vanbureii, Abram. 
Van Bnren, Jacob. 
Vanbnren, Peter A. 
Van Buren, George. 
Van Huysen, John 
Wayman, Levi G. 
Weidman, James. 
Wl)eeler, Walter. 



412 



Schoharie County Veterans. 



Allen, Charles. 
Allen, David C. 
Alger, Charles. 
Alitor, Chester. 
I Sack U.S. Wm. B. 
liarnhart, Corn's. 
Hi'ckcr, John. 
lU'i'ker, Edwin, 
litllor, Reuben A. 
Uerifeii, Michael. 
Bevens, John, 
liillings, Charles. 
Hishup, Geo. W. 
Bishop, Amberson. 
Blodgett. Hiram. 
Blodgett, John. 
lih)(l<reU, Wni. J. 
Borst, Merrit J. 
ISooni, George. 
ISooni, Xelson. 
Boom, Wm. H. II. 
Bonck, Christopher, 
Bouck, Hamilton B. 
Bouck, Peter G. 
Bovee, Eliard. 
Biazee, William, 
lira/.ee, William C. 
Brazcc, I'eler (i. 
Itrayman, Charles. 
Brcnnan, Michael. 
Bnikc, .John. 
BiiiDctte, Isaac, 
liiirhans, (jeorge. 
Cain, David. 
Carpenter, George, 
(^'art Wright, Alonzo. 
('art wi'iglit, Win. 
Charlton, Jacob, 
('lark, Alanson. 
(JIark, Edward A. 
(Mark, .Mortimer. 
Cook, John E. 
0)ons, John W. 
(3(ions, Clark, 
("onns, Jacob W. 
(^ooiis, Malachi W. 
(/'oriiwell, Addison. 
Cronk, Oliver 
Dfcalnr, .lacob II. 
Decatur. John. 
Denoyells, David. 
Denoyells, I'eter. 
Dewilt, ('ornelins. 
Di-witl, Henry. 
Dianiniid, David. 



MIDDLKBUKG. 

Diamond, John. 
Dickinson, A. J. 
Doty, \\' illiam. 
Duel, David H. 
Eckerson, John. 
Eckerson. Chauncey. 
Eckerson, Henry M. 
Edwards, Madison W. 
Efner, Eraslus. 
Efner. Jack. 
Ellis, Rasselas. 
Fox, LeviO. 
Fosburg, Jacob. 
Franklin, Benj. 
Garber, Francis. 
Guernsey, Levi, 
Guernsey, Ral[)h II. 
llallenbeck, Samuel W. 
Hammond, .las. H. 
II ay ward, Aaron. 
Head, Lineard. 
Hillsley, John L. 
Hinman, Chauncev. 
Hfiughtaling, Anthony. 
Iloyt, Samuel, 
llubbai'd, Luthoi'. 
Keyser, Ephraim II. 
King, Stephen. 
Klock, Jeremiah. 
Lawyer, Ilii'am K. 
Lawyer, William H. 
Liddle, William J. 
Lock wood, Jeremiah. 
Lynes, David. 
Manshad'er, Jacob. 
Mattice, George R. 
Mattice, Joseph H. 
McBane, («eoi-ge.. 
Mickle, Cieorge. 
Mills, John. 
Mitchell, S. S. 
Moon, David. 
Moon, Lewis. 
NashoUs, .Jeremiah. 
Nathaway, David H 
Nickerson, Brewster. 
Pai'laman, Jacob. 
I'arslow, Jacob. 
I'arslow, William II. 
Bierce, Ralph. 
Pierce, William. 
Pitts, Weller. 
Plough, Ephraim. 
Plough, Henry. 
Uasui', Leonard. 



Redmond, Thomas. 
Rickai'd, Augustus. 
Richtmyer, David. 
Rifenbaik, Lewis. 
Rhinehait, Abram. 
Rhinehart, Jacob. 
Robotson, Henry. 
Russel, Alvin. 
Russel, Artenius. 
Russel, Ira. 
Schell, Jacob, Jr. 
Scram, John H. 
Sliufelt, Orison. 
Rhnfelt, Peter. 
Silvernail, llarman. 
Smith, Charles C. 
Smith, Ilezekiah. 
Smith, Silas. 
Southwell, A. II. 
Stanton, J . Cady. 
Styner, Jacob. 
Sullivan, Jolm. 
Sweet, John E. 
Teater, Jacob. 
Teater, Daniel. 
Teater, Helani. 
Thomas, Thurston. 
Thomas, Robert. 
Tiffany. Harvey J. 
Tompkins, Jedediah. 
Tompkins, Moses. 
Towsen, George. 
Traver, Calvin. 
Travis, Stephen. 
Tnlly, BtMijamin. 
Van Kleek, Isaac. 
Van Slyke, John. 
Van Valkenberg, I'eiiianiii 
Vromaii, Abram . 
Vosbnrg, Abram. 
Wainwright, George H. 
Warner, Ira. 
Warner, John. 
Warnei', Lyman I'. 
Warner, William H. 
Warrick, Aug\istus. 
Wayinan, David 
Wayman, Jacob. 
Wayman, William. 
Weidman, (Jeorge 1). 
WiHdman, Hiram. 
Weidman, Paul. 
Werley, Reuben. 
Weidman, Septimus. 
Williman, Jacob M. 



Wah 01-' THE Rki;|';lli()N. 



413 



Whittinj!;, George U. 
Wilsey, Peter. 
Winnie, Stejdien. 
Wright, Cluirles 11. 



Wriglit, Fletclier. 
Yiinsen, lloiiry. 
Van.sen, .Fosepii. 
Yansen, I'cter. 



Zant, .loreniiali. 
Zielie, Spencer. 



Benjamin, Harvey. 
Boughton, James. 
Bougbton, John li. 
Boughton, Seidell. 
Bradley, John. 
Butler, John. 
Burchard, Lorenzo. 
Cleveland, Alex. 
Cleveland, Haniian. 
Dingnian, Walter. 
Donovan, John. 
Douglass, George. 
Drumm, Peter H. 
Fagan, Ausel. 



KICMMONnVll>LK. 

Fo.\, Samuel W. 
Giles, Warren. 
Groesbeck, Jesse, 
lladsel, Elijah. 
Jaycox, James C, 
Mattice, George. 
Osborn, George W. 
Ottiiiaii, Norman C. 
I'aliiiatier, David. 
Palmatier, Willis. 
Perry, George 11. 
Pitcher, Meiizo. 
Payne, George K. 
liider, Silas W. 



Scherinerhorn, Alex. 
Scripture, Nelson. 
Secomb, John. 
Sliuiuway, Sylvester. 
Snyder, George W. 
Sperbeck, Orlando. 
Tanner, James. 
Van Alstyne, Fayette. 
Van Alstyne, John. 
Walters, Ambrose. 
Weightiiiau, Cyrus. 
Wendel, Henry. 
Wharton, James. 
Zeli, Martin G. 



Andrews, Henry. 
Babcock, Alphouso. 
Bailey, Edmund J. 
Barton, Theodore. 
Barton, Alonzo. 
Barton, Darius C. 
Benedict, Calvin. 
Bender, Jacob. . 
Bender, Peter. 
Berner, John. 
Best, Orville. 
Bice, Marshall D. 
Borst, Benjamin I. 
Borst, Cornelius. 
Borst, Hiram. 
Borst, Josi^ph. 
' Briggs, Samuel. 
Burke, James E. 
Cain, Andrew. 
Canaday, Cicero. 
Chatterton, Elijah L 
Clark, Peter S. 
Clayton, Cyrenus. 
Coons, David S. 
Coons, James E. 
Cook, William. 
(!ooper, Leonard. 
Cooper, Wesley. 
Culver, George. 
Davis, Sables. 
Dings, Truman. 



SCIIUHAKIE. 

Dings, David. 
Eckerson, Ezra. , 
Eckerson, Jacob. 
Fisher, Addison L. 
Freeman, John L. 
Gage, Hiram M. 
Gardner, Ezra. 
Gardner, Kiley S. 
Glenn, James. 
Golden, James. 
Hunter, Charles. 
Hamilton, Henry. 
Hoft'inan, Joseph. 
Holmes, John. 
Holmes, Joseph K. 
Horn, John. 
Hoyt, Richard H. 
Hummel, Charles. 
Ingold, George. 
Jackson, Solomon. 
Keyser, Abiam. 
Keyser, Zachariah. 
Kilmer, James. 
King, John D. 
Kline, Francis. 
Kinney, Reuslaer. 
Kimball. Ebenczer. 
Kinibal'., Smith. 
Kniskern, Charles E. 
Kniskern, Frank. 
Kniskern, Harlan P. 



Kniskern, Lewis H. 
Kronier, Charles C. 
Kulin, Conradt. 
Larkiiis, Adam. 
Larkins, Thomas. 
Lawyer, Christopher. 
Lawyer, George S. 
Lawyer, John D. 
Letcher, Henry. 
Lewis, John. 
Loucks, Charles A. 
Mallen, Bernard P. 
Mann, Thomas J. 
Manchester, John A. 
Maternegan, John. 
Mattice, John H. 
Miles, Benjamiii. 
Mix, S. Hoosac. 
Monroe, John. 
Murphey, Peter. 
Murpliey, Charles. 
Nelson, Holmes K. 
O' Brine, Jacob. 
O'Brine, James. 
Oliver, Gideon. 
Palmatier, Daniel. 
Palmatier, Jacob. 
Palmatier, Jas. H. 
Palmatier, John. 
Kay, John. 
Ray, William. 



414 



SciiOHAiUE County Vijikkans. 



Rickard, David. 
Uickanl, Natliaiiiel. 
Kickaril, I'eter A. 
Klieinliurt, Jacob S. 
Koborts, William F. 
Kiiily, Soloinoii. 
Kixlier, Beiijaiiiin. 
Uoiliiigs, Jeremiah. 
Korick, Abram. 
Rose, William. 
Sageiidorf, John. 
Sagendorf, Jonas. 
Sageudorf, Nieholas. 
Savers, James. 
Schermerhorn, Theodoie. 
Shafer, Edwin. 
Sherman, Harton. 
Smeaton, Albert. 
Smoke, Josias. 
Smoke, William. 



Snj'der, George. 
Snyder, John N. 
Snydei', Thomas. 
Spawn, Lewis. 
Spawn, William. 
Spaulding, Frazier. 
Spelker, Henry. 
Sternberg, Lorenzo. 
Sternberg, William IL 
Stever, Abram. 
Styner, Jacob. 
Stocker, Walter. 
Swart, David E. 
Swarthout, Janie.s. 
Teabout, Jacob IL 
Teabout, Uicliard. 
Teabout, William. 
Teabout, Ge?)rge. 
Thompson, William W. 
Thompson, l^ysander. 



Tliomp.son, Loren/o, 
Turk. Feli.x. 
Van Auken, David. 
Van Degrift, John. 
Van Dyke, Jacob. 
Vroman, Daniel. 
Vionian, Hai'iison. 
Warnei', Daniel. 
Waterbury, Homer S. 
Weatherwa.x, Alex. 
Whitaker, Albert D. 
White, David C. 
Wilbur, ]{eriah. 
Wilsey, John N. 
Wilsey, Harmon. 
Wilson, William H. 
Witbeck, I'elet. 
Woodworlli, John. 
Wolt'ord, Henry. 
Youngs, John. 



Allen, Chester. 
Brown, Joseph R. 
Burke, James H. 
Cady, Amen/.o. 
Claus, David. 
Davenport, John L 
Eckerson, Wm., Jr. 
Esmay, Aaron. 
Esmay. J. Miller. 
Esmay, Moses. 
Esmay, Rufus. 
Gardner, Robert W. 
Hallenbeck, Clark. 
Haines, John. 
Haines, I'eter. 



8P:WAUI). 

Handy, Uicliard. 
Hardy, Moses F. 
Hilton, Nicholas. 
Hyuds, Anson. 
Kilts, Wm. J. 
Kniskern, James. 
Mai'clay, Martin D. 
Moak, David A. 
Moore, Feter E. 
Morris, Geo. U. 
Ottman, Norman. 
Pickett, Erastus. 
Pickett, Peter. 
Reno, Daniel H. 
Rowley, Demmoii S. 



Rowley, Hiram S. 
Salisbury, Jacob. 
Se.xton, Jason. 
Shafer. Emory A. 
Shumway, Silas. 
Simmons, Josephus. 
Somers, Peter N. 
Southworth, Wm. 11. 
Thrall, JohnC. 
Traber, Jacob. 
Van Dewerker, Mathew. 
Van Slyke, C. Riley. 
Vaughn, Robert. 
Waiiiei', llurmun. 



Anilioiiy, Henry J. 
Baker, Chas. K. 
Becker, Vinton. 
Bowie, James. 
Bradt, Jacob F. 
Bradt, Levi, 
lirandcnstein, .lacob. 
Carle, Luther D. 
Collins, Ale.\. 
Crounse, Wellington. 
Dey, Ik-nj. 
Dey, Davi<l W. 
Dingnian, John A. 
Diiggs, Alon/o. 
Empie, Garret. 
Fraats, Henry G. 



SHARON. 

Gardner, John 11. 
(Jardinier, Henry. 
Gardinier, Wm. L 
tiilbourn, Davis. 
Gordon, Emmet. 
Hall, John W. 
Hall, James K. 
Haner, David. 
Hiller, Peter A. 
Hilton, Philip. 
Hotaling, Chas. L. 
Hotaling, Steuben. 
Jackson, (jieorge. 
Jones, Martin. 
Joroloman, Jacob. 
Karker, George F. 



Kevand, .lolin. 
Kilts, David A. 
Kilts, Robert. 
Knapp, Albert. 
Lane, Stanton. 
Lawyer, H. M . 
Lehman, Dewitt. 
Low, Martin. 
Maishall, Anthony. 
Marshall, Thomas. 
McCauley, William. 
Merenes, David A. 
Merenes, Lyman D. 
Merenes, Melvin. 
Merenes, Seth B. 
Merenes, Stephen J. 



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415 



Moak, George W. 
Moak, John W. 
Moyer, Ameuzo. 
Moyer, Sylvanus. 
Oudirkirk, Haniiau. 
Farris, Charles. 
Pariis, Levi. 
Parsons, Alex. 
Pitcher, Jeremiah . 



Res.sigieu, George. 
Robinson, William. 
Rorick, Jolm . 
Shafer, Geo. F. 
Snyder, Jerome. 
Stafford, Morris. 
Swift, Jarvis. 
Swift, Washington. 
Tousley, Daniel B. 



Townscnd, Renben. 
Van Valkenberg, A. A. 
Vroman, Peter A. 
Wagonei', Chauncey. 
Wilds, William 11. 
Wiusey, Daniel P. 
Worinnth, Wm, 



Allen, Charles B. 
Becht, Frederick. 
Becht, Lonis. 
Borst, David L. 
Brazee, Samuel. 
Bremmer, Ambrose. 
Brown, Charles. 
Brown, Harvey. 
Brown, Sovereign. 
Burnette, Thomas 0. 
Burnette, Oswald, 
Cornell, William H. 
Cornell, Schuyler. 
Crapser, Jesse A. 
Dibble, Milo R. 
Dingnian, Gideon. 
Dykeman, James M. 
Dykeman, Isaac. 
Dykeman, Martin. 
Evans, Piatt R. 
Fisher, Joseph. 
Fox, Chai'les. 
Gardner, Heni-y C. 
Haner, Alpheus. 
Uaynes, Austin. 
Hickox, George. 
Hix, Reuben. 
Howie, James E. 



SUMMIT. 

Ives, Hiram R. 
Jackson, William H. 
Jeffers, Hiram. 
Johnson, Wellington. 
Landis, E. V. 
Lape, Harmon. 
Lape, Sylvester. 
Lincoln, David. 
Meek, John R. 
Mead, Ephraim. 
Mitchel, Stephen. 
Morris, David. 
Morris, William. 
Multer, Joseph. 
Neers, Delos D. 
Neers, John. 
Odell, Albert. 
Ostrander, John . 
Richards, Albert H. 
Richards, William E. 
Rifenbark, Ebenezer. 
Rockerfeller, Madison. 
Rodman, Ebenezer. 
Bowo, James B. 
Schernierhorn, Alexander. 
Shorry, Frederick. 
Spauldiug, Amasa. 
Sperbeck, David. 



Sperbeck, Henry. 
Sperbeck, Ijevi. 
Spooner, William. 
Stilwell, Daniel, 
Stilwell, William T. 
Taber, Gideon. 
Taber, Jacob. 
Taber, Peleg. 
Tallmadge, Oliver. 
Terpeniiing, Moses. 
Terpenning, George. 
Tinklepangh, Abram. 
Tolls, Seabury. 
Truax, David. 
Truax, Sylvester. 
Tyrrel, Samuel. 
Van Buren, Martin. 
Van Patten, William. 
Van Wagoner, William. 
Valoise, Charles. 
Warner, George H. 
Warner, Orrin P. 
Wayman, Jeremiah. 
Wayiuan, Peter A. 
Witbeck, George H. 
Witbeck, Martin. 



Barton, Francisco. 
Becker, Philip H. 
Beller, Stephen E. 
Bennet, Miner. 
Bennet, John. 
Braman, Frank. 
Bunt, Jacob H. 
Carey, Daniel. 
Cartwright, George W 
Carley, Thomas. 
Clow, Clark. 
Clovv, Erskine. 
Cross, John B. 
Cross, Joseph. 



WRIGHT. 

Damon, Andrew J. 
Devoe, William A. 
Devoe, Hiram. 
Duel, John F. 
Duel, George H. 
Finch, Edwin. 
Funk, Simeon. 
Groat, Adam. 
Hillsley,John J. 
Hogarboom, Bradford. 
Kniskern, George. 
Latham, Freeman C. 
Lavery, Barney. 
Loucks, John H. 



Lowne, J. B. 
Lounsbiiry, Willaid. 
Maxwell, John Jj. 
Mereness, Jacob. 
Nelson, Sylvanus U. 
Plank, Henry A. 
Salesburg, John M. 
Salesburg, Peter. 
Settle, George. 
Settle, Madison. 
Settle, Wesley. 
Shafer, Charles. 
Shafer, George A. 
Shafer, Henry . 



410 ScHOHAUiE County V^ktekans. 

Sliuftll, Siiliioy. Warner, Ezra. West, Ezra. 

Tagi^art, James. Warner, Isaac. Wiltey, William. 

Tattgart, John A. Weidman, Reuben L. Wiite}', Isaac. 

Towsen, Jacob, Jr. Welch, Ksick. Wollord, Miner. 

Van Guilder, George W. Welch, Harvey. Zimmer, Jacob. 

Walden, Isaac 15. Weniple, Henry U. Zimmer, David. 

Warner, David A. West, John A. 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



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Ackley, Oscar 173 

Adams, William D 173 

Aker, George 209 

Alger, Charles 233 

Alger, Chester 172 

Allen, Charles 302 

Allen, Charles B 2SS 

Allen, Chester 359 

Allen, David C 302 

Ames, Francis C 149 

Andrews, Henry 21)2 

Andrus, George L 156 

Andrus, Oliver 169 

Anthony, Henry J 138 

Archer, John A 221 

Armlin, William W 302 

Armstrong, Alfred 314 

Babcock, Alphouso 184 

Babcock, James 187 

Babcock, John H 303 

Backus, William B 303 

Baird, George W 254 

Baird, EzraJ. H ? 263 

Bailey, James L 153 

Bailey, Edmund J 362 

Badgley, John 179 

Baker, Charles E 136 

Baker, John 190 

Baker, William H 346 

Baldwin, William L 132 

Barton, Alonzo 254 

Barton, Francisco 361 

Barton, Theodore 260 

Barton, Darius C 239 

Barlow, John .... 143 

Barlow, Josejih 163 

Barringer, William L 238 

Bartholemew, William 144 

Barthalemew Charles 238 

Barnhart, Cornelius 300 

Barry, James 345 

Barry, Jeremiah 315 

Bates, Dewitt C 215 

Bates, Resolved P 164 

Bates, William N 168 

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Beach, Willard 338 

Bear, Ralph 155 

Beaver, George R 327 

Becker, Philip H 176 

Becker, John 374 

Becker, William A 314 

Becker, Edwin 233 

Becker, Vinton 141 

Becker, Albert 138 

Beller, Stephen E 313 

Beller, Reuben A 362 

Bellinger, Helmas 339 

Beltman, John 152 

Becht, Louis 255 

Becht, Frederick 176 

Benedict, Calvin 262 

Bender, Jacob 294 

Bender, Peter 192 

Bennet, John 215 

Bennet, Miner 143 

Benjamin, Harvej^ 244 

Bergen, Michael 303 

Berner, John 246 

Best, James 301 

Best, John 158 

Best, Orville 184 

Best, William G 136 

Bevens, Martin M 339 

Bevens, Dennis 161 

Bevens, John 164 

Bevens, William 303 

Bice, John J 238 

Bice, Asher D 227 

Bice, Henry 250 

Bice, Marshall D 189 

Billings, Charles H 230 

Bishop, Amberson . . 216 

Bishop, Geo. W 300 

Blodgett, John 303 

Blodgett, Wm. J 367 

Borst, David L 289 

Borst, Merrit J 302 

Borst, Joseph 323 

Borst, Benj. 1 246 

Borst, Cornelius 289 



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15orst, Hiram '-'81' 

Burst, Isaac 32S 

IJorst, Peter E 1.^2 

Buoin, George '217 

Boom, Nelson 217 

Boom, Wm. H. U 231 

Bouck, Alonzo 147 

Boiick, Christopher 238 

Bouck, Hamilton B 301 

Bouck, Peter G 201 

Boughton, James N 259 

lioughton, John R 312 

Boughton, SeUlen 328 

Bovce, Eliard 140 

Bowie, James 208 

Borthwick, Alex'r E 148 

Bradt, Levi 209 

Bradt, Jacob F 142 

Bradley, John 251 

Brand, Andrew L 339 

Brandensteiu, Jacob 328 

Branian, Frank 265 

Brazee, Abram 199 

Brazee, Peter G 178 

Brazee, William 301 

Brazee, Wm. C 198 

Brazee, Samuel 239 

Brayman, Andrew 352 

Brayman, Charles 238 

Brewster, Otis 187 

Brewster, J . ]j 327 

Bienimer, Ambrose 259 

Brennan, Michael 217 

Briggs, Samuel 142 

Brines, Harvey J 173 

Brooks, Seward 213 

Brown, Albert 314 

Brown, Edward P 330 

Brown, Joseph R 191 

Brown, Isaac R 330 

Brown, Ciiarles 248 

Blown, Harvey 289 

Brown, Harvey A 247 

Brown, Sovereign 327 

Brown, Wm. il 229 

Browulee, James 3'JO 

Brooks, John H 304 

Brownwell, Johnathan 303 

Briiee, Albert l,s<j 

Bruce, Edwin 240 

Brumluy, John 220 

Budge, Donald ]G1 

Burke, James E 287 

Bnrke, James H 210 

Burke, John 217 

Buck, Ezra A 252 



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Buck, Ezekiel 248 

Bnckbee, Arthur . . 170 

BuUis, Charles 328 

Burchard, Lorenzo 315 

Burchard, Joseph 314 

Bunt, Jacob H 339 

Burnette, Isaac . . 304 

Burnette, Oswald 315 

Burnette, Thomas 137 

Burhaus, George 371 

Burton, James 259 

Burton, Uavid W 259 

tButler, John 213 

Bruce, Benjamin F 256 

Cady, Amenzo 289 

Cain, David 372 

Cain, Reuben 306 

Cain, William 167 

Cain, Andrew 374 

Campbell, Charles 140 

Campbell, Hiram 169 

Campbell, Duncan 328 

Campbell, James 328 

Campbell, Alexander 349 

Campbell, Peter 328 

Campbell, Lewis 337 

Canaday, Cicero 193 

Cammer, John II 315 

Carey, Daniel 171 

Carle, Luther D 357 

Carpenter, George 187 

Cartwright, Alonzo 305 

Cartwright, George W 290 

Cartwright, AVilliam 305 

Carley, Thomas 302 

Champlin, George W 310 

Cliamidin, Stanton 310 

Champlin, Omer 351 

Chapman, George 285 

Chajjman, Lionel 285 

Champanoise, Harrison 238 

Chatterton, Elijah L 203 

Chatterton, Philo 179 

Charlton, Jacob 370 

Chase, John F 209 

Chichester, George 151 

Chichester, Albert 304 

Childs, E. D 241 

Chilson, George 360 

Chilson, Loreu 336 

Clark, Alanson 219 

Clark, James 159 

Glaus, David 211 

Clayton, Cyrenns 159 

Clark, Edward A 234 



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Clark, Mortimer 305 

Clark, Peter S. 230 

Cl.apper, George 364 

Clapper, John 178 

Cleveland, Jolin C 304 

Cleveland, Alexander 32(( 

Cleveland, Ferraiid H 181 

Cleveland, Harman 329 

Cleveland, Isaac V 138 

Clow, Clark 363 

Clow, Erskiue 162 

Clute, Charles S 290 

Clute, Henry 290 

Clute, John 290 

Cole, Hiram 140 

Cole, Peleg 348 

Cole, Ileman 142 

Collins, Alexander 35S 

Conover, Jacob 348 

Courad, Abram D 291 

Conrad, John 204 

Conrad, Peter H 291 

Cook, John E 129 

Cook, Henry 131 

Cook, William 171 

Cook, Timothy P 164 

Cooiis, Clark 233 

Coons, David S 366 

Coons, Jacob W 305 

Coons, James E 180 

Coons, John W 230 

Coons, Malachi W 304 

Cooper, Wesley 203 

Cooper, Leonard 203 

Cornell, Schuyler 8 289 

Cornell, William H 290 

Cowley, Hector 200 

Cowley, Charles 157 

Cornwell, Addison 300 

Cosgrove, Charles 304 

Crapser, Jesse A 315 

Crapser, William A 365 

Craft, Reuben 252 

Craw, (leorge 316 

Creightou. David W 316 

Creighton, Henry 316 

Cronk, Oliver 217 

Conklin, Abram 300 

Cross, John B 253 

Cross, Joseph 259 

Crounse, Wellington 35'i 

Culver, Erastus 165 

Culver, George 165 

Cummings, Hamilton 135 

Curtis, Orrin B 313 

Dart, James M 131 



Page. 

Davenport, John 1 357 

Davenport, Orville 354 

Davis, Sables 242 

Davis, Calvin 178 

Damon, Andrew J 171 

Dana, Philip W 317 

Darrovv, Daniel 145 

Dayman, Charles 317 

Dean, Reuben C 168 

Decker, Charles L 306 

Decker, Luther 186 

Decker, Thomas 165 

Decatur, Abram 336 

Decatur, James 340 

Decatur, Jacob H 339 

Decatur, John 234 

Desylvia, Andrew 354 

Desylvia, Henry A 150 

Desylvia, Homer 155 

Dennison, Edward 338 

Denoyells, Daniel 262 

Denoy ells, Peter 262 

Devoe, Hiram 345 

Devoe, William A 291 

Dey, Benjamin 291 

Dey, David W 204 

Deyo, Peter 133 

Dewitt, Cornelius 374 

Dewitt, Henry 372 

Demott, William 348 

Diamond, David 352 

Diamond, John 231 

Dibble, Henry..... 152 

Dibble, MiloR 368 

Dibble, William G 192 

Dingnian, John A 329 

Dingman, Reuben. . . 317 

Dingman, Walter 144 

Dingman, Gideon 259 

Dings. David 262 

Dings, Luman 140 

Dings, Truman 291 

Dinegar, Francis 348 

Disbro, William 267 

Doney, Benjamin 306 

Donovan, Clinton J 306 

Donovan, John 329 

Dickinson, A. J 307 

Dorson, John 229 

Driggs, Alouzo 329 

Driggs, Charles A 316 

Driggs, Elias 259 

Driscoll, James 312 

Drumm, Peter H 329 

Doty, William 175 

Duel, John F 340 



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Page. 

Duell, David H -"8 

Duel, George II 26.-) 

Duncan, Charles D 150 

Duncan, Orra M 302 

Douglass, George VV 32b 

Dykeman, Isaac 3o0 

Dykeman, James M 290 

Dykenian, Martin 263 

Dykeman, Peter R 256 

Karle, William \V . . . 329 

Earl, Wilbur N 340 

Ecker, Lorenzo 141 

Eckerson, John 23ii 

Eckerson, Chauucy 308 

Eckerson, Ezra 138 

Eckerson, Jacob 13ss 

Eckerson, Philip 368 

Eckerson, William, Jr 213 

EckVrson, Henry M 204 

Edwards, Madison 139 

Eggleston, Heman 249 

Eggleston, Henry 248 

Eggleston, Julius D 318 

Eggleston, Miles 318 

Egnor, Nathan 1 53 

Egnor, Winslow M 318 

Ef ner, Erastus T 234 

Ef ner, Jack 261 

EUerson, Charles 317 

Ellis, D. Ward 364 

Ellis, Rasselas 234 

Empie, Garret 356 

Ensign, Fred 220 

Esniay, Aaron H 210 

Esmay, J. Miller 291 

Esmay, Moses 214 

Esmay, Rufus 214 

Evans, Piatt R 206 

Face, Erastus 273 

Fagan, Ansel 145 

Fanning, Benjamin 156 

Fanning, Nelson 130 

Farqher, Arthur H 150 

Finch, StejAien 1 56 

Finch, William H 317 

Finch, Edwin 191 

Fisher, Addison L 264 

Fisher, Joseph 255 

Fletcher, Frank 131 

Fosburg, Jacob 372 

Fox, (Charles 253 

Fox, Elmer 15-j 

Fox, Levi 301 

Fox, Samuel SOO 

Fraats, Henry (i 135 

Franklin, ISi^njumin 172 



Page. 

Freeman, John M 185 

Friend, Peter 340 

Fries, George 154 

Friest, Wesley 163 

Fryer, Henry 109 

Funk, Simeon 145 

Gage, Hiram M 292 

Gallagher, William 248 

Garber, Francis 217 

Gardner, John H 133 

Gardner, Ezra 144 

Gardner, Riley S 292 

Gardner, Richard 260 

Gardner, Henry C 244 

Gardner, Charles 157 

Gardner, Robert W 210 

Gardinier, Henry 350 

Gardinier, William 1 293 

Gasner, George 209 

Gates, Horatio 141 

Gavit, Leander 318 

Gibbs, Charles W 186 

Gilbourn, Davis 330 

Giles, Warren .• 184- 

Glenn, James 132 

Getter, Jerome 202 

Golden, James 216 

Goodfellow, Martin 166 

Goodfellow, Origin 166 

Gordon, Henry 292 

Gordon, SethE 167 

Gordon, Stephen A 158 

Gordon, Emmett 137 

Gregory, Howard 187 

Gregory, Willard F 186 

Groesbeck, Jesse 138 

Groat, Adam 340 

Guernsey, Chas. H 233 

Guernse}', Geo. W 325 

Guernsey, Levi 347 

Guernsey, Ralph R 140 

Guernsej% Theodore 208 

Guflin, Cyrus 292 

Guffin, Andrew Y 365 

Guflin, James 329 

GuHin, Otis 287 

Gnnther, Charles 292 

Hadsel, Elijah 257 

Hagadorn, Lucius 166 

Hagadorn, Wm. P 171 

Hall, James K 137 

Hall, John W 268 

Halleck, Nicholas 319 

Halleck, Robert 336 

Haley, I'etcr 286 

Haley, Martin 293 



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Patie. 

Hallenbeck, Clark 213 

Hallenbeck, Hcnirv IfiS 

Hallenbeck, Jacob 216 

Hallenbeck, Martin W 16G 

Hallenbeck, Nelson 108 

Hallenbeck, Nicholas 165 

Hallenbeck, Samuel 210 

Hallenbeck, Uriah 362 

Haines, Chauuc_y 187 

Haines, Martin B 188 

Haines, Peter 208 

Haines, John 211 

Haner, Alpbeus 319 

Haner, David 330 

Handy, Richard 200 

Hanna, William 145 

Ham, George 366 

Ham, Lewis B 139 

Ham, John J 341 

Hammond, Jas. H 234 

Hamilton, Henry 370 

Hansen, Nicholas 133 

Hardy, Moses F 208 

Harris, Roscoe 156 

Hartgraves, John 221 

Hartwell, Charles A 157 

Haskins, Henry 307 

Haskins, John 166 

Hay ward, Aaron .... 234 

Hay, Alden M 151 

Hay, James D 318 

Hay, Jefferson 151 

Hay, Walters 150 

Hay, William H 150 

Hay nes, Austin ■ 293 

Head, Lineard 202 

Hemstreet, Charles W 143 

Hemstreet, Joseph 159 

Henry, John 205 

Herron, Daniel 185 

Herron, William W 327 

Hetherington, Joseph 250 

Hickox, George 159 

"^Hiller, Peter A 359 

Hillsley, John J ..... 235 

Hillsley, John L 307 

Hilton, Nicholas 245 

Hilton, Philip 175 

Hiney, John H 260 

Hiney, John L 293 

Hinman, Chauncy W 133 

Hix, Reuben 250 

Hogarboom, Bradford 257 

Hogan, William A 264 

Hitchcock, Vernon 155 

Hoffman, Joseph 223 



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Holdridge, Orlando 143 

Holmes, John 293 

Holmes, Joseph K 185 

Horn, John 364 

Hotaling, Charles L 359 

Hotaling, Steuben 268 

Houghtaling, Edward 340 . 

Houghtaling, Samuel 340 

Houghtaling, Anthony 370 

Houghtaling, Levi 172 

Hoy t, Samuel 373 

Howie, James E 247 

Hoyt, Richard H . 373 

Hubbard, James H 252 

Hubbard, Luther 373 

Hubbard, Michael 318 

Hubbard, Newton 256 

Hubble, Solomon D lf>9. 

Hulburt, Edgar 162 

Hulburt, Seymour 162 

Hummel, Chas 354 

Hummel, Rensom 330 

Huested, Wilson 349 

Hunter, Chas. J 338 

Hussong, Leopold . , 341 

Hurst, Robert 221 

Hynds, Anson 243 

Hyser, Jacob 223 

Hyser, Peter 218 

Ingold, George 375 

Ives, Hiram 239 

Jackson, David 319 

J ackson, George 207 

Jackson, Jeremiah 319 

Jackson, Solomon 375 

Jackson, Wm. H 367 

James, Abram P 137 

Jaycox, James C 244 

Jeffers, Hiram 251 

Jenkins, John L 154 

Johnson, Charles 261 

Johnson, Wellington 250 

Jones, Legrand 341 

Jones, Martin 326 

Jones, Luman L 146 

Jerolmon, Jacob 330 

Joslyn, John 341 

Judd, Lyman 209 

Judd, George 319 

Judson, Lewis 220 

Jump, Foster 364 

Kelsey, Albert H 308 

Karker, George F 222 

Kennedy, William 257 

Keyser, Abram 372 

Keyser, Abram 231 



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Page. 

Keysor, Ephraim H 307 

Keyser, Jonas -jOT 

Keyser, Zachariah 372 

Keysnr, Jacob 180 

Kevaiid, Jolin 174 

Kilmer, .lames ■"■<il' 

Kins^, Stoplu'ii 3;!0 

King, Sleplien "o'i 

King, Sleplien li 17;' 

King, John H •.31 

King, William 11 331 

King, Peter 330 

King, Lawrence . . S31 

King, John D 175 

Kline, Francis 203 

Kinne}-, Renslaer 183 

Kilt.s, David A 357 

Kilts, Koljcrt. 271 

Kilts, William J 357 

Kimball, Ebenezer 203 

Kimball, Smith 270 

Klock, Jeremiah 218 

Knapp, Albert 2fi0 

Kniskern, (Jeorge 288 

Kniskern, Hiram 140 

Kniskei'n, Harrison 365 

Kniskern, James 20.s 

Kniskern, Charles E 183 

Kniskern, James 193 

Kniskern, Washington 148 

Kniskern, Harlan 1' 182 

Kniskern, Frank IDl 

Kniskern, Jjcwis H 3(;8 

Kromer, Charles C 1 .S3 

Knhn, Conradt 2'.t3 

Landis, E. Y 258 

Lane, Tobias 370 

Lane, Stanton 2<i'.t 

Lambert, John P 241 

LaiVerl y, Peter '„'14 

Lake, .Martin S ;;S1 

Lape, Ilannan 254 

J<ape, Sylvester Ifll 

Lathan, Freeman C 217 

Larkins, Adam 375 

Lavery, Harney .",01 

Lawyer, H. M 2(i!i 

l-awyer, Francis G 155 

Larkins, Thomas 371 

Lawyer, John I) ] i(2 

l>awyer, (leorge S 105 

Lawyer, Hiram K 237 

Lawyer, William H 232 

Lawyer, Christopher ,",70 

Lawyer, I'eter 370 

Layman, Wallace ,341 



Page. 

Layman, Thaddeus .' 153 

Lajnian, Livingston 170 

Layman, B'rancis 170 

Lee, Peter 101 

Lehman, Dewitt , 331 

Leonard, George H 130 

Letcher, Henry , 259 

Lemily, Winslow P 150 

Lewis, John 309 

Liddle, William J 230 

Lincoln, David 251 

Lines, Samuel D 2!<8 

Lines, Milo M 256 

Little, Loren L 220 

liivingston, Harman 341 

Livingston, Sylvester 308 

Lockwood, Jeremiah 235 

Loshland, John H 220 

Loncks, John H 301 

Loucks, Charles A 172 

Lounsbnry, Willard 301 

Low, Martin 130 

Lowne, J. B 351 

Lynes, David 235 

Mace, Jefferson 342 

Mackey, James A 151 

Mallen, Bernard P 204 

Mann, George 1) 331 

Mann, Thomas 338 

Mann, Thomas J 232 

Manchester, John A 294 

Manshalfer, Jacob 237 

Marclay, Martin D 210 

Marshall, Anthony 209 

Marshall, Thomas . .• 101 

Maxwell, William H 220 

Maxwell, John L 302 

Maybee, Isaac 313 

Maybee, Jeremiah 263 

Maybee, Orrin 147 

Martin, Charle.s 320 

Mattice, (y'hristopher. 159 

Mattice, George R 177 

Mattice, John H 363 

Mattice, (Jeorge 109 

Mattice, Alonzo 154 

Mattice, Henry C 320 

Mattice, Paul 188 

Mattice, Joseph H 235 

Mattice, .lerome 141 

Mattice, Walter 178 

Mattice, Stanton 304 

Matcrneghan, John 130 

McBanc, (Jeorge 178 

Mc('arly, James 349 

McCauley, William 209 



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Page. 

McDuffie, William J 348 

McGinuis, Barney 156 

Mclntyie, Archibald ;'/20 

McKee, Alonzo 28'r 

McKee, Joseph 350 

McMilleii, William II 2!)4 

McMusters, Pei ry E 131 

Mead, Ephraim 245 

Mead, Martin M 190 

Meek, John R 253 

Merenes, Jacob 342 

Mereues, David A ■. 200 

Merenes, Lyman D 254 

Merenes, Melviu 254 

Merenes, Seth B 2(18 

Merenes, Stephen J 259 

Mickle, George 333 

Mickle, Charles L 162 

Mickle, Weston U 286 

Miller, John H 342 

Miles, Benjamin W 221 

Mills, John 229 

Miller, Abrara 214 

Minor, Isaac 168 

Mitchell, S. S 131 

Mitchell, Stephen 255 

Mix, S. Hoosic 129 

Moak, George W 354 

Moak, David A 358 

Moak, John H 206 

Monroe, Henry 155 

Moni'oe, John 221 

Monroe, Joseph 152 

Moutany e, Edward 27 1 

Montanye, John ... 348 

Moon, Lumaa D 155 

Moon, David 342 

Morrison, Abram E 171 

Moon, Lewis 342 

Moore, Jarvis 338 

Moore, Levi D 287 

Moore, Peter E 158 

Moore, Philip 356 

Moak, John W 271 

Moak, Nicholas D 331 

More, Timothy S 172 

Morehouse, John 153 

Morris, David 250 

Morris, William 251 

Morris, George U 294 

Mosier, Alanson E 152 

Moyer, Amenzo 200 

Moyer, Sylvaniis 271 

Multer, Joseph 294 

Murphey, Peter 186 

Murphey, Charles 371 



Page. 

Murphey, James 320 

Murphey, .lohn N 272 

Murphey, Charles 141 

Nusholts, Jeremiah 363 

Neers, Delos D 273 

Neers, Sylvester 332 

Neers, John 182 

Nelson, Sylvanus H 263 

Nelson, Holmes K 235 

Nethaway, David H 175 

Nichols, Isaac P 320 

Nichols, Nathan , 338 

Nickcrson, Brewster 180 

Newcomb, Sylvester H 132 

Nostrant, Seymour 347 

O'Brine, Jacob 163 

0' Brine, James 162 

0' Gorman, William 332 

Odell, Albert 255 

Oliver, Gideon 235 

Orr, Eugene 136 

Osborn, George W 257 

Ostrander, John 243 

Ottman, Norman ' 211 

Ottman, Norman C 161 

Oudirkirk, Harman 332 

Palmatier, John 346 

Palmatier, Bradley 145 

Palmatier, James H 366 

Palmatier, Daniel 332 

Palmatier, David 333 

Palmatier, Willis 239 

Palmatier, Henry 352 

Palmatier, Nelson L 270 

Palmatier, Jacob 342 

Parlaman, Jacob 178 

Parris, Charles 333 

Parris, Levi , 333 

Parslow, Alonzo 300 

Parslo vv, Anthony 308 

Parslow, Henry 147 

Parslow, William H 231 

Parslow, Jacob 231 

Parsons, Alex 333 

Parsons, Henry 132 

Partridge, Ruf us 146 

Patten, Seymour L 186 

Patterson, Ephraim 339 

Patrick, Richard 262 

Pansier, Charles 185 

Pausley, Peter 177 

Pay n, George R 312 

Peck, Alvah 156 

Perry, George A 258 

Perry, Nicholas S 332 

Picket, Erastus 357 



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Page. 

Picket, Peter 161 

Pierce, Ralph 231 

Pierce, William 2'22 

Pitts, Weller 232 

Pitcher, Meuzo 332 

Pitcher, Jeremiah 135 

Phinkle, Levi G 190 

Phaneuf, Frank 217 

Plauk, Henry A 265 

Plough, Ephraim 308 

Plough, Henry 300 

Porter, Benjamin 168 

Porter, James 169 

Porter, James W 150 

Porter, Robert S 320 

Porter, William 168 

Prior, George 167 

Proper, John R 240 

Quick, Jacob 221 

Rasue, Leonard 295 

Ray, John 369 

Ray, William 373 

Kamsay, Wilbur F 132 

Redmond, Thomas 235 

Keed, David Y 250 

Reed, Uavid 321 

Reed, Ellis 321 

Reed, Jeremiah 168 

Reed, William L 321 

Reed, William S 321 

Relyea, John 260 

Reno, Daniel H 213 

Ressigieu, George 350 

Reynolds, Edgar 308 

Rickard, Augustus 368 

Rickard, David 182 

Rickard, Joseph H , 142 

Rickard, Nathaniel 184 

Rickard, Peter A 181 

Richtmyer, David 259 

Richtmyer, John W 167 

Richtmyer, Marcus 149 

Richtmyer, Martin 151 

Richards, Albert H 265 

Richards, William E 358 

Richmond, Melviu 144 

Rider, Silas W 272 

Rifenbark, Ebenezer 295 

Rifenburg, Lewis 232 

Rheiiihart, Abram 308 

Rheinhart, Jacob S 334 

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Roc, Avery 253 

Roe, Henry 257 

Roe, Melvin 100 

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Robinson, Franklin 321 

Robinson, William 135 

Robinson, William J 188 

Roberts, William F 185 

Robertson, Henrj^ 201 

Rockerfeller, George 190 

Rockerfeller, Madison 254 

Rockwell. Henry 337 

Rockwell, Jay 337 

Rockwell, William A 356 

Rody, Solomon 184 

Rodier, Benjamin 272 

Rodman, Ebenezer Y 255 

Rodgers, John D 177 

Rollings, Jeremiah 142 

Rorick, Abram 182 

Rorick, John 229 

Roney, Earner 333 

Rose, William 294 

Rowley, Eli S 295 

Rowley, Demmon S 212 

Rowley, Hiram S 212 

Rowe, James B 295 

Russel, Alvin 241 

Russel, Artemus 202 

Russel, Ira 199 

Russel, William H 159 

Russel, Jonathan 160 

Rust, Pulaski 186 

Sagendorf , Andrew 322 

Sageudorf , John 296 

Sagendorf, Jonas 254 

Sagendorf, Nicholas 363 

Salesburg, John M 189 

Salesburg, Peter 137 

Salisbury, Amasa 343 

Salisbury, Robert 248 

Salisbury, Jacob 272 

Salisbury, James 257 

Saxe, Charles 151 

Sayers, James 374 

Schcll, Jacob, Jr 310 

Schermerhorn, Alex 334 

Schermerhorn, Alex 250 

Schermerhorn, Hiram 152 

Schermerhorn, Levi '. 360 

Schermerhorn, Rilc}' T 264 

Schermerhorn, Theodore 182 

Schermerhorn, William 169 

Schermerhorn, Willard 152 

Scram, George H 309 

Scram, .Jacob 344 

Scram, John H 309 

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Seconib, Johu 325 

Selleck, Whited M 154 

Settle, George 185 

Settle, Madison 363 

Settle, Wesley 343 

Sexton, Jason 211 

Shafer, Deverue 3011 

Sliafer, Charles 361 

Shafer, Charles (colored) 376 

Shafer, Edmond 193 

Shafer, Edwin 29(5 

Shafer, Emory A 207 

Shafer, George A 265 

Shafer, Geo. F 135 

Shafer, Levi 343 

Shafer, Henry , 199 

Shafer, Martin L 133 

Shafer, Panl 349 

Shafer, Peter P 349 

Shafer, Sylvester 165 

Shafer, Thomas L '. 148 

Sherman, Barton 337 

Sherry, Frederick 176 

Shoemaker, Abram 155 

Shufelt, Orison 236 

Shufelt, Sidney 143 

Shnfelt, Peter 309 

Shumvvay, Silas 244 

Shumway, Sylvester 252 

Silveruail, Harman J70 

Simmons, Edward J , 260 

Simmons, Josephus 211 

Sitzer, Seth 309 

Slater, Ira 344 

Slater, Isaac 192 

Slater, Johu M 233 

Slater, Levi 212 

Slater, William 334 

Slocum, Joseph 182 

Sloat, Sylvanus 322 

Small, Samuel 154 

Smallen, Isaac 190 

Smallen, John 167 

Smeaton, Albert 343 

Smith, Hiram 157 

Smith, Sylvester J 105 

Smith, Charles S 168 

Smith, Charles C 308 

Smith, Andrew 334 

Smith, Hezekiah 233 

Smith, Silas 233 

Smith, J . Wesley 142 

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Snyder, Thomas H 202 

Somers, Peter N 211 

Southwell, A. H 130 

Southwick, Calvin 173 

Southworth, Wm. H 358 

Sowles, Lorenzo 188 

Spateholts, Abram 162 

Spateholts, Jacob 171 

Spawn, Lewis 202 

Spawn, William 296 

Spauldiug, Amasa 247 

Spaulding, Frazier 171 

Sperbeck, David 367 

Sperbeck, Henry 329 

Sperbeck, Levi 244 

Sperbeck, Orlando 334 

Spelker, Henry 185 

Spickermau, Orson 208 

Spooner, William 159 

Spore, John C 343 

Spore, Marcellus 343 

Spore, Wesley 249 

Spore, Michael 189 

Sprong, Henry J 176 

Stanton, Johu H 206 

Stanton, J. Cady 230 

Stanton, Robert J 206 

Stanton, Thompson 310 

Stanton, Wm. H 310 

Stafford, Morris 268 

Stanley, Joseph R 188 

Stanley, Joshua W 188 

Starkins, John C 313 

Steinhover, Samuel 177 

Sternberg, Lorenzo 373 

Sternberg, Wm. H 373 

Stewart, Wm. E 242 

Stewart, Martin 207 

Stever, Abram 235 

Stilwell, Daniel 343 

Stilwell, Hiram 154 

Stilwell, Wm. T 296 

Stryker, Geo. M 170 

Styner, Jacob 309 

Stocker, Walter 287 

Stoker, Chas. M 325 

Sullivan, John 238 

Swart, David E 165 

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Swarthout, James 296 

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Swift, Washington 141 

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Taber, Peleg 251 

Taggart, James 2'J7 

Taggari, John A 26."i 

Tallerday, Wni. H 344 

Talhnadge, Oliver 2'.i7 

Tanner, .lames 243 

Tanner, Smith 215 

Taylor, Clias. W 325 

Taylor, James 2C.0 

Taylor, Robert 171 

Teabout, Jacob H 3U9 

Teabout, Richard 374 

Teabout, William 371 

Teabout, George 370 

Teater, Jacob 160 

Teater, Daniel 310 

Teater, Ilelam 310 

Teller, Monroe C 136 

Teneyck, Hiram 344 

Terpenning, George .• 273 

Terpenning, Moses 24ii 

Thomas, A. Sidney 148 

Thomas, John B 324 

Thomas, Thurston 310 

Thomas, Robert 3fl2 

Thompson, Wm. W 372 

Thompson, Lysander 372 

Thompson, Lorenzo 376 

Thrall, John C 213 

Tibbetts, James M 163 

Tiffany, Harvey J 301 

Tinklepaugh, Abram 183 

Tillapaugh, (Jeo. W 353 

Tolls, Seabury 261 

Tomjjkins. George 147 

Tompkins, Jay 147 

T<)mi)kins, Jay, Jr 147 

Tompkins, Wm. H 20'J 

Tompkins, Joshua 209 

Tompkins, Jedcdiah 303 

Tompkins, Moses 236 

Topping, Charles 256 

Tousley, Daniel B 269 

Towers, Peter 144 

Towers, William 297 

Townsend, Reuben 269 

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Towsen, George 217 

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Truax, Sylvester 251 

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TuUey, Benjamin 371 

Tyler, Cyrenus 312 

Tygert, George W 346 

Tyrrell, Samuel 344 

Underbill, W . Irving 286 

Utman, Abram B 229 

Van Alstyne, Fayette 186 

Van Alstyne, John 130 

Van Auken, David 184 

Van Buren, Abram H 351 

Van Buren, Jacob A 351 

Van Buren, Peter A 351 

Van Buren, George 191 

Van Dyke, Jacob ^ 374 

Van Degrift, John 298 

Van Dewerker, Martin 358 

Van Guilder, George W 297 

Van Huyseu, John 336 

Van Kleek, Isaac 312 

Van Kleek, Hugo 335 

Van Loan, Alex 153 

Van Loan, Dewitt 322 

Van Loan, James L 153 

Van Loan, Orrin D 322 

Van Patten, George 238 

Van Patten, William 353 

Van Slyke, Cornelius R 298 

Van Slyke, John 373 

Van Valkenburg, Albert A 206 

Van Valkenburg, Alexander 230 

Van Valkenburg, Benjamin 238 

Van Valkenburg, Sylvanus 213 

Van Wie, James 145 

Van Wagoner, William 173 

Van Wormer, Isaac 170 

Van Wormer, John H 337 

Valoise, Charles 228 

Vaughn, Robert 326 

Veley, Robert 313 

Vrooman, Abram 177 

Vroman, Albert L 322 

Vroman, Daniel 373 

V roman, Harrison 375 

Vroman, John B 131 

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Walters, Ambrose 335 

Wagoner, Cliauncy W 135 

Wainvvright, George H 311 

Warner, Abram 352 

Warner, Abrani 358 

Warner, Alvali 323 

Warner, Daniel 201 

Warner, David A 29S 

Warner, Ezra 302 

Warner, George H 288 

Warner, Harman 357 

W arner, Ira 237 

Warner, Isaac . . 298 

Warner, John 230 

Warner, Lyman F 232 

Warner, Milo 158 

Warner, Orrin P 287 

Warner, Samnel 176 

Warner, William H 810 

Warrick, Augnstus 353 

Waters, John 104 

Watson. John I 312 

Watson, David A 335 

Waterbury, Homer S 185 

Wayman, David 345 

Wayman, George 222 

Wayman, Jacob 345 

Wayman, Jeremiah 250 

Wayman, Levi G 252 

Wayman, Peter A 255 

Wayman, William 345 

Weatherwax, Alex 182 

Weaver, Benjamin F 299 

Weaver, Charles H 299 

Weed, David 193 

Weed, James M 323 

Weidman, George D 311 

Weidman, Hiram 202 

Weidman, James 324 

Weidman, Paul 237 

Weidman, Ralph 239 

Weidman, Reuben L 191 

Weidman, Septimus 311 

Weightman, Cyrus R 335 

Welton, William H 299 

Webster, Alex 355 

Welch, Esick 245 

Welch, Harvey 245 

Welch, Michael 151 

Wempel, Henry D 301 

Wendel, Henry 358 

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West, Zadock 345 

West, John A 199 

West, Ezra 264 

West, John 221 

Wiesmar, Malboue 153 

Wheaton, Solomon J 351 

Wharton, James 253 

Wheeler, Walter 253 

Whitaker, Albert D 260 

Whitting, George H 312 

White, Daniel 146 

White, David C 299 

White, Stephen P •. 219 

Wilber, Eben 164 

Wilbur, Harvey " H 103 

Wilbur, John H 208 

Wilbur, Philip C 324 

Wilbur, Hiram 324 

Wilbur, Beriah 184 

Wilds, William H 135 

Wilday, Albert 335 

Williams, George 345 

Williams, John 154 

Williman, Jacob M 170 

Wilsey, John N 367 

Wilsey, Harman..., 205 

Wilsey, Munson 107 

Wilsey, Martin 107 

Wilsey, Peter 210 

Wilson, William H 286 

Wiltey, Isaac 260 

Wiltey, William 345 

Wiltey, Charles 146 

Winnie, Stephen 352 

Winnie, James 335 

Winnie, Lafayette 323 

Winsey, Daniel P 142 

Wiibeck, George H 323 

Witbeck, Martin 218 

Witbeck, Pelet 298 

Wright, Charles H^' 236 

Wright, Fletcher 237 

Wright, George H 156 

Wright, John 157 

Wood, Charles E 172. 

Wood, Joseph D 104 

Wood, Charles N 311 

Woodworth, John 370 

Wolford, Miner 299 

Wolford, Henry H 143 

Wormuth, William H 201 

Yansen, Henry 201 

Yansen, Joseph 237 

Yansen, Peter 324 



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Youmaus, Charles 174 Zeh, Martin G 335 

Youmaus, Horace A 325 Zielie, Spencer 362 

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